Fed Up with ‘Jobs for the Boys’, Corruption and Discrimination the men of Rye Elected their own Mayor and Councillors and Took Over The Town Hall By 1825 the Lamb family had dominated politics in Rye for 100 years, providing the Mayor 23 times out of the 25 since the turn of the century, most of … Continue reading They Took Over the Town Hall
Tag: Charles Pix Meryon
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Charles Pix Meryon, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Readers can move between “They Took Over the Town Hall”, “Busy Day at Landgate 1887”, and “F E Centre, Garage & Ferry Road School”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
Busy Day at Landgate 1887
By Jim Hollands This photograph from the Frank Palmer Collection was taken 130 years ago this very month. More than 20 figures are faithfully captured at that moment in time.
F E Centre, Garage & Ferry Road School
Rye’s Own May 2001 The controversy currently raging about the possible demise of the Lion Street School Buildings, re-sighting the Library in rented accommodation at the old garage in Cinque Ports Street and the new use of the Ferry Road School site may