Barry Floyd Like many families in London after World War I — and with a gradual return to a more normal way of life — my newly-married parents (father had served with the Royal Electrical Engineers in France from 1915 to 1919) began looking from their semi-detached Edwardian home in Palmers Green (North London) … Continue reading Summer Holidays at Winchelsea Beach
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Broadstairs runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Readers can move between “Summer Holidays at Winchelsea Beach”, “Rye Actor Martin Wimbush Directs Comedy Revue at Broadstairs”, and “Smuggling”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Together they offer a characterful route through the magazine’s record of local life, memory and change.
Smuggling
Reproduced from “Gentle Breezes” Kent and Sussex were hot beds of smuggling for centuries, and to judge by reports, still are. Originally, wool was smuggled out to France, rather than other goods coming in. The reason was that we produced high quality wool, but had not the … Continue reading Smuggling
Rye Actor Martin Wimbush Directs Comedy Revue at Broadstairs
Marie Hanley Productions, 9 Cinque Ports Street, Rye, are presenting a revival of their hugely successful musical comedy revue show, Spring Into Life, at the Memorial Theatre, Broadstairs on Sunday 25th May at 5.00pm. Devised and directed by local actor Martin Wimbush, the show is a miscellany of all the best material from popular revues, … Continue reading Rye Actor Martin Wimbush Directs Comedy Revue at Broadstairs
Smuggling
Reproduced from “Gentle Breezes” Kent and Sussex were hot beds of smuggling for centuries, and to judge by reports, still are. Originally, wool was smuggled out to France, rather than other goods coming in. The reason was that we produced high quality wool, but had not the means of processing it. The French and Dutch … Continue reading Smuggling