Tag: Brookland

This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Brookland, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. The trail includes “Bingo Special”, “100k. Fun Run from Rye 2011”, and “Jimper’s Jottings”, 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.

100k. Fun Run from Rye 2011

The Sun Shone on 118 Cyclists On a beautiful autumn day (16 Oct) no less than 118 riders set off from the Rye Club on the Rotary Club’s 5th. Annual Fun Run. Riders set off in groups to Town Crier Rex Swaine’s now famous line – “When I Ring my Bell – Go like Hell”. … Continue reading 100k. Fun Run from Rye 2011

The First Wind Turbine

The First Wind Turbine at Cheyne Court Farm Rye’s Own July Supplement 2008 The first of the Wind Farm turbines are up Each one towers 370 feet above the ground, that’s twice the height of the existing pylons A Fact Sheet records that the development site extends to very nearly one and a half square … Continue reading The First Wind Turbine

Jimper’s Jottings

September, another year nearly gone; I always notice the years by the first of this month as duck shooting starts today, that is followed next month by the pheasants yet it seems only yesterday that the little ducklings were catching gnats on the surface of the water while mother duck fussed around trying to keep … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings