Work has been going on to repair The Sluice Gates at Winchelsea Road. It seems that the Environmental Agency have been finding it difficult to get the spares required.
Tag: Environmental Agency
Environmental Agency runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Readers can move between “Jimper’s Jottings” and “Trouble at The Sluice”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine.
Jimper’s Jottings
It was misty with low cloud and a fresh east wind on December 2. Around 9 am. I noticed that the sky was full of weaving lines of birds bearing south at about 100 ft. I confidently identified them as Golden Plover, a bird that, in the sixties, used to arrive around late January … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings