Rye Secondary Modern. 4 Hastings Modern 1 To those of us that remember the great victory, beating the top Hastings soccer school in that exiting final, it seems only yesterday. In fact it was fifty-six years ago when the youth of Rye made off with the magnificent Hastings Shield.
Tag: Bill ‘Blower’ Pierce
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Bill ‘Blower’ Pierce, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. The trail includes “Rye Secondary School Soccer Team 1954”, “Letters March 2008”, and “Rye Boys and Old Boys Soccer”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
Letters March 2008
One Medic Ambulances Dear Editor I enjoyed reading your Town Crier articles in the January Issue. The new ‘one medic ambulances’ are a revelation. I am quite a large person and there is no way that one man or woman could manage to get me into an ambulance. Recent experience has shown me that this … Continue reading Letters March 2008
Rye Boys and Old Boys Soccer
Rye Boys School Soccer Team 1931 This photograph of the Rye Boys School (Mermaid Street) soccer team of 1931 was kindly loaned by Frank Igglesden.