The 31st. running of the Hastings Half Marathon is attracting its usual cross section entry, from fast African runners and top class British athletes to fun runners and fund raising groups from all over the country.
Tag: Dan Bevan
Dan Bevan runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Stories such as “Rother Has Failed Us”, “Police in Rye”, “The Hastings Half”, and “60 Years On” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
The Sheriff of Cinque Ports Street
A Man with Immense Respect Dan Bevan is the nearest thing to a Sheriff that Rye has ever had. For the past four years he has been patrolling the town getting on top of vandalism, petty offences and often being involved with more serious crimes. Since those bad old days of 2001 and 2002, by … Continue reading The Sheriff of Cinque Ports Street
Police in Rye
by Arthur Woodgate One day towards the end of July 2003, I was going for my newspaper at the Spar shop in Peasmarsh. To my great surprise, I saw a young lady dressed in a Police uniform. I said to her “Have I seen a mirage, or are you real?”. She assured me she … Continue reading Police in Rye
Rye January 2006
By The Editor The Lowest Ebb The New Year is a time for reflection and taking stock but as I look around Rye I am seeing things that make me sad when I remember the days of past glory that this town has enjoyed.
Town Crier – January 2006
By Jim Hollands Wyn Remembers I have recently spent a lot of time visiting Wyn Vincent in Rye Memorial Care Centre and reminiscences of old Ryers got our minds working back to those times, prewar for her and post war for me, when this town was so rich in real characters.
Rother Has Failed Us
Rother has Failed Us If proof were ever needed that Rother District Council has failed this town then I ask readers to read the words in the following columns that have been reprinted as they were written in November 2001. (This was from a 2005 issue of Rye’s Own) Four years on and every single … Continue reading Rother Has Failed Us
Editorial
Great Month’s for Rye August has been another great month for Rye. The Medieval Festival, Trafalgar Celebrations, Horse Show and Raft Race, to name but a few of activities. And the fun continues into September with the Rye Festival.
60 Years On
VE Celebrations are Remembered The heroes of the Second World War donned their medals and paraded through the streets of Rye to mark the sixtieth year since Victory was declared in Europe.