Bonfire Film (1962) Will be on this site by Friday of this week Film of the 1962 Rye Bonfire Celebrations is being prepared and will be screened on the Rye’s Own Website Next Week.
Tag: Bobby Edwards
Discover Bobby Edwards in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. Readers can move between “The Television Man”, “Rye Bonfire 66”, “Rye Bonfire 1962”, and “The Happiest Rye Fawkes”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
Bonfire Celebrations in Bygone Years
What were those Bonfire Nights in Rye of more than sixty years ago really like? So many stories are passed down by those senior citizens who were there. They tell of amazing burning boats being carted around the town, of fireworks being thrown in the streets and of famous film stars and personalities representing Rye … Continue reading Bonfire Celebrations in Bygone Years
The Mayor of Military Road
By Jim Hollands The Mayor & Mayoress of Military Road, Councillor Albert and Mayoress Flo Booth. How many more can you name from the 1950 pick of Military Road talent in the photograph below? Tilling Green and Landgate had Mock Mayors too The Mayor & Mayoress of Military Road, Councillor Albert and Mayoress Flo Booth. … Continue reading The Mayor of Military Road
The Television Man
Jim Snr. had always been fascinated with television. He saw the 1949 F.A. Cup Final, along with a crowd of about 20, including son, Jim Jnr., squeezed into a small room at Jack Ashenden’s house in Cyprus Place. Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Leicester City by three goals to one. He told Young Jim on the walk … Continue reading The Television Man
VE Day in RYE 8 May 2045
By David Pawsey On May 8 sixty years ago the War in Europe came to a close and the population of Rye, who had been in the front line since War was declared on 3 September 1939, celebrated the news with impromptu parties and the hoisting of flags and draping of bunting across the streets. … Continue reading VE Day in RYE 8 May 2045
Bonfire Over the Years
What were those Bonfire Nights in Rye of more than fifty years ago really like? So many stories are passed down by those senior citizens who were there. They tell
Original Dragon of Rye
We are told that the history of ‘Bonfire’ in Rye goes back BEFORE the time of Guy Fawkes. Legend has it that the burning boat ceremony was first held in the town shortly after the men of Rye and Winchelsea raided the French town at St. Peter’s Port and retrieved the church bells that had … Continue reading Original Dragon of Rye
Found in Cinque Ports Street August 2000
Found in Cinque Ports Street These Two photographs, along with another two, were found in Cinque Ports Street on Saturday 18 August. The top one seems to show a tableaux from a Rye Bonfire Night procession but I cannot identify anyone in it. The bottom picture is a different story, it is packed with Rye … Continue reading Found in Cinque Ports Street August 2000
Rye Bonfire 66
OFF WITH A BANG It was so wet that even the mermaid had to have an umbrella, but pouring rain throughout the whole of the Bonfire Society’s 1966 Rye Fawkes Celebrations did not dampen the spirits of the thousands who had come to watch the annual spectacle.
The Happiest Rye Fawkes
The Happiest Rye Fawkes The Emergency Ward Ten team that came to Rye for the Bonfire Celebrations produced the Town’s happiest ever Rye Fawkes in the person of Pamela Duncan, better known as “Sister Doughty.” The celebrities conducted the judging of the tableaux as the procession passed the George Hotel in the High Street. Their unanimous choice for first … Continue reading The Happiest Rye Fawkes