End of the Road for Popular Rye Charity ARRCC By Jim Hollands Regular readers will know that Rye’s Own has never been shy when criticising East Sussex County Council and Council Leader, Keith Glazier but things said about him and East Sussex C.C. relating to the demise of popular local charity ARRCC by a local … Continue reading ARRC Ltd. Liquidation brings down ARRCC
Tag: East Sussex County Council
Follow East Sussex County Council through the Rye’s Own archive, in articles that record its people, activities and place in the life of the district. Stories such as “Wheelers Visit Bosun’s for a Bite”, “Lion Street School Saved”, “Wheelers Open Letter to Tony Blair”, “Harbour Road Cycle Footpath Update”, and “ARRC Ltd. Liquidation brings down ARRCC” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
A Community Centre for Tilling Green – The Film
A film made in conjunction with the people of Tilling Green in the period after the Tilling Green School Closed and the building stood empty. East Sussex County Council were ‘persuaded’ that the electrics that had been torn out were replaced and the building opened up as a Community Centre for the 2000 plus people … Continue reading A Community Centre for Tilling Green – The Film
Rye Newsagent Posts Closing Down Notice
Is Rother Tax Demand the Last Straw for Bargain Box? Another long established business in Rye seems to be on the verge of closure. Bargain Box in Cinque Ports Street have been there for years and carried on a newsagents business that has been run in the same street since long before World War Two.
Lucky Rye – But for How Long?
Rother District Council and East Sussex County Council Should Stop this Happening to Rye The terrible flooding in Cumbria has brought misery to the people of many beautiful towns in the area. Storm ‘Desmond’ dropped a months worth of rain in 24 hours and has devastated the area.
Cycle / Footway Open – Now we Must Move on
With the completion, at long last, of the cycle / Footway linking Rye & Rye Harbour we must move on and get the cycle route around Rye under construction. This route would circumnavigate the town, linking the existing Cycle / Footways from Lydd to Rye, Cadbrough to Winchelsea and the new Rye Harbour route.
Cycle / Footpath Finished Today
Graham’s Way will be Officially Opened Next Tuesday “Rye’s Own” Reports :- It is almost eleven years since Graham Matthews was knocked off his bike on Rye Harbour Road and killed. This was a notoriously dangerous stretch of road to anyone walking as there were no places to get off the road, the verges were … Continue reading Cycle / Footpath Finished Today
Mayor’s Report 2015
Rye Town Meeting – Mayor’s Overview of 2014-15 Perhaps the Council’s most popular decision over the past 12 months was the appointment of a town steward for the Parish. In response to numerous complaints over the last few years, Nicky Ledger was appointed in January to help improve the appearance of the Parish and … Continue reading Mayor’s Report 2015
Editorial
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Graham’s Way Could Be Completed By 12 August
EDITORIAL New hope has emerged that “Graham’s Way”, the cycle footpath from Rye Harbour to Rye, will at last, be completed. The pathway was fought for by Brian Matthews whose son Graham was killed on the dangerous path-less road that claimed eleven lives over a period of forty years.
Are You Satisfield
— Yes, are you really happy and satisfied with the way our town of Rye is run ? Since the mid 1970s the decisions affecting our local life here have not been decided by Rye people, nor by our Town Councillors, but by Rother District Council and East Sussex County Council.