On Monday 8 March a very profound remark was made during the Emergency Surgery Site Debate. Paul Osbourne, commenting on County Council Leader Peter Jones oft quoted remark about the Ferry Road School site that it must be sold for the best value, questioned the context of ‘best value’ in relation to cash alone. Continue reading Rye Headlines April 2004
It is March 1938 – The winds of war are gathering and all Europe lives in fear of another conflict of arms – German troops had occupied the Rhineland in 1936, in direct conflict with their obligations under the terms of the 1918 surrender agreement. Hitler’s Army, Naval and Air strength was being built up at a rate that could only mean one thing – His aerial power was rehearsed and demonstrated in Spain in the civil war, Gurnica was flattened by bombing and the civilian population learned that wars would be total from now on with the civilian population in the front line – Winston Churchill was a voice in the wilderness – England slept on. Continue reading E F Benson Freeman of Rye
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Jempsons Celebrate 80th. Anniversary
Roger Breeds 1941 -2015
Rye Mayor Starts Second Term of Office
Pictures from Rye Sports in the 1960’s
Hastings Carnival Court
Hands Across the Sea at Hythe
The Pier 2016 A Tony May article with lots of pictures
Trikes by the Sea – An Ion Castro Picture Feature
War & Peace Revival at Hythe (Westernhanger) in July – Preview of new Aerial features,
Alice in Wonderland and Peasmarsh : Special feature that will fascinate Lewis Carroll fans
Sky Dive for Pilgrims Hospice
Jimper’s Jottings – Local Country Life personality Jimper Sutton is back after illness
Antique Road Trip at Rye Auction Galleries
Grass Track Cycle Racing at Rye Sports in the 1960’s – New Romney cyclist Mike Ashdown was the local star
Anzak Day report from Richard Holdsworth, our “Rye’s Own” Correspondent in Australia
Bonfire Auction at The Mermaid Breaks all Records
Spice of Rye Life
E. F. Benson – Freeman of Rye
The Tony May Pages – Packed with interesting people
“Greenman of the Year” Tony May takes a unique look at Jack in the Green
Book Preview “Coastlines – The Story of Our Shore by Patrick Barkham.
Turret Clock Movement at Hole Park, Rolvenden and connections with Rye
Local Soccer Team are National Champions
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Mapp & Lucia’s Rye
“There is not in all England a town so blatantly picturesque as Tilling”.
So said E.F Benson, of his home town of Rye, East Sussex, used by Continue reading Rye By Any Other Name
The BBC’s second adaptation of E. F. Benson’s Mapp & Lucia books is being produced in the streets of Rye through the summer. Whole streets have been been given a 1930 make-over and turned into film sets. E. F. Benson was Mayor of Rye for three years from 1934. He wrote the Mapp & Lucia stories while living in Continue reading Back to 1930
When Arthur Woodgate, who at 100 years of age is the magazine’s oldest contributor, mentioned an ‘unknown Rye hero’ in his War & Peace article back in April it was a long shot to expect that after 74 years the identity of the people involved would come to light. Continue reading Unknown Rye Hero
After the triumphant sell-out success of ‘Allo ‘Allo! in July, the Rye Players’ Autumn production is Make Way for Lucia by John van Druten. This is a particularly appropriate production for the Society, as the play takes incidents from the novels concerning Mapp and Lucia written by E. F. Benson which are set in a fictional Rye, re-named Tilling, and weaves them together to form a flavour of the novel. Continue reading Make Way for Lucia
The debates rumble on. he list is endless and it will forever be so until a group with some sense and no axe to grind takes over to plan Rye for the benefit of the town and the people who live here.
Lets face it, Rye lives as a viable place because of its tourists, the town must become even more friendly towards them. Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings August 2005
One of Rye’s favourite hotels, The Hope Anchor has recently been awarded a Three Star rating. Continue reading Three Star Hope Anchor
March opened with a furore centred on the proposed new building for Rye Library. Councillor Sam Souster firing shot after shot in defence of the revised plan for the building, and telling the objecting Rye Councillors that time was running out if the grant for the site was to be obtained.
The objections of the “Friends of Rye Library” group on the grounds that the Continue reading Town Crier April 2004
