After the evacuation of Dunkirk, there was a period of intense activity to prepare defences against an immanently expected invasion of South East England. The Germans were massed on the French coast after their lightening victories in France and the Low Countries. Now Britain was firmly in their sights. It would only be a matter … Continue reading Nazi Invasion Between Hastings and Hythe
Tag: Germany
Discover Germany in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “Jimper’s Jottings”, “100 Years have Passed Since The War To End All Wars Began”, and “Pen & Ink”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. The archive leaves room for eyewitness detail, strong opinions and the affectionate hindsight that gives Rye’s Own its particular flavour.
100 Years have Passed Since The War To End All Wars Began
BY JIM HOLLANDS 28 July 1914 was a beautiful summer day, but by the time the sun had set a terrible war had started that would not end for over four years. By 11am on the 11 November 1918, when the armistice brought silence to the battlefields of France and Flanders, in excess of nine … Continue reading 100 Years have Passed Since The War To End All Wars Began
Jimper’s Jottings
By Jimper’s Jottings. The editor asked readers to identify the mammal in the photograph. I have studied the picture and am sure it is a common rabbit. I believe I am more qualified than a lot of Council bureaucrats that know nothing unless it suits them.
Pen & Ink
Dear Editor, On Saturday the 13th August My son and his family came to visit me in Main Street Beckley, during the afternoon my son took his children to the Jubilee playing fields in Main Street Beckley, he laid his rather large bunch of keys down next to the swings whilst he played with the … Continue reading Pen & Ink