Cycling clubs from all over East Sussex and Kent took part in the Kent Group VTTA Annual Reliability Trial which started and finished at Bethersden on Sunday 8 February.
Tag: France
France runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Among the pieces gathered here are “Rye 1946”, “50 Year Anniversary”, “Dreams of Marrakesh”, and “Editorial”, each adding its own detail to the story. Together they offer a characterful route through the magazine’s record of local life, memory and change.
Dreams of Marrakesh
LOCAL AUTHOR TO RIVAL FIFTY SHADES OF GREY? “A piquant mix of love and strange desires” Kent resident Greg Thompson, who retired as Head of Research with Kent Police in 2003, and lives on Romney Marsh, close to the Sussex border, has just written and published his debut novel – Dreams of Marrakesh. It is … Continue reading Dreams of Marrakesh
Rye 1946
1945 saw the end of World War Two. VE Day (victory in Europe) and VJ Day (victory in Japan) came and went. Rye, along with towns all over the country, licked it’s wounds, mourned its dead and rejoiced in the return of many servicemen who had been away from their home for as long as … Continue reading Rye 1946
Shearing at Salts Farm
A report on sheep shearing appeared in the East Sussex News, 1983 where Mick Cutting was featured giving a sheep a short back and sides at Romney Marsh Shearing Championships, he was one of three in the year’s England International team which reached the last six in the Shearer of the year Competition.
50 Year Anniversary
OLD SCHOOL FRIENDS MEET FOR 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Rye Old Scholars Association held a very successful reunion on 24th June at Thomas Peacocke Community College for those who were at secondary schools in Rye in the 1960s and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the opening of Leasam House in 1956. (This was the boarding … Continue reading 50 Year Anniversary
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.
Town Crier
Goodbye Star Jimper Sutton was wrong. They did re-float the Maanav Star. She was pulled off Jury’s Gap by a tug just after “Rye’s Own” went to press last month. The old coaster did cause a bit of excitement … Continue reading Town Crier
Public Transport’s Not For Me
By Pauline Kingswood With the increases in the price of oil and pressure on roads the whole question of public versus personal transport again comes sharply into focus, and a little light on the subject is needed. There are a lot of misconceptions about public transport, which makes comparison of what is offered difficult.
The Final Two Years Of The War In Rye
The Conclusion of Clifford Bloomields Wartime Recollections from Jo@ Kirkhams Rye Memories Series I am able to give my reader some idea of the events that we, in Rye, were witnessing as I should spend many an hour sitting on the flat shed roof in our garden – on the fine summer evenings and weekends … Continue reading The Final Two Years Of The War In Rye
Rye’s Own Albert Booth
Wheeler – Soldier Golfer – Shrimper by The Editor At eighty-seven Albert Booth still has that same twinkle in his eye as when I first met him in 1957.