By Daphne Llewellyn Part Two On Sunday afternoons, after the children had been to church service at the Congregational Church and Sunday School, Alice and the family would walk over to the Tollgate House in Winchelsea Road to visit their maternal Grandmother and Great Aunt Sarah.
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This collection traces Congregational Church across Rye’s Own, bringing formal news together with the personalities and everyday moments behind the name. Readers can move between “John Smith Town Clerk of Rye”, “The Life and Times of Reg Weeks”, and “The Ringo Trophy”, 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.
The Ringo Trophy
Rye Bowls “Ringo” Cup Report & Pictures by Jo’ Vincent On Sunday 20 June members of Rye Bowls Club took part in the Annual Ringo Cup competition which resulted in a win for Liz Bracey. Liz became the overall winner with the best “shot difference”, after a tight tussle with runner up Vic Woolveridge, Reg … Continue reading The Ringo Trophy
John Smith Town Clerk of Rye
John Smith It was with great sadness that we learned of the recent death of John Smith. John was Town Clerk of Rye at the time “Rye’s Own” was running in the sixties and early seventies. He was a fine Town Clerk and a true Ryer.