SAP 201 Will be at the Rye Fire-fighters Open Day on Sunday (10 September 2017) The men featured in the picture are part of a team of brilliant firemen who kept this town safe while they were ‘on watch’ with their famous Fire Appliance SAP 201. On Sunday (10 September 2017) SAP … Continue reading SAP 201 Comes Home on Sunday
Tag: Frank Bourn
Frank Bourn 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 “Ex-Rye Fireman Dies in New Zealand”, “The Last Shout”, and “SAP 201 Comes Home on Sunday”, 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.
The Last Shout
They came in their Hundreds They came in their hundreds to St Mary’s Church on Thursday 21 April to say last goodbyes to one of Rye’s best known heroes, George Michael Albert Bourn M. B. E. The Church was packed, every pew was filled. Rye Firemen and Firefighters from other stations were there in force. … Continue reading The Last Shout
Ex-Rye Fireman Dies in New Zealand
by Roland Jempson. How strange, that in the April edition of “Rye’s Own” there should be an article of the Rye Fire Brigade in 1952. This edition dropped on my doorstep in Bristol at the same time as I heard the news of the Death and Funeral of my brother in law Harry Martin., once … Continue reading Ex-Rye Fireman Dies in New Zealand
Fireman Bob
The dreadful fire at the Central Garage at Rye in 1960 led to Rye Fire Brigade getting a new recruit. Bob Rogers was only a lad at the time but heroically entered the blazing cottage at the rear of the garage, where he lived with his Mum and brothers, and attempted to save their budgie. … Continue reading Fireman Bob