Raise your glasses and toast some of the best women cyclists the Rye Club has ever produced. Emma Cutler, Rebecca Wilson and Julie Bryant were placed first, second and third in the gruelling Kent Cycling Association’s 12 Hour Time Trial Championship held on Kent roads on Sunday 2 September.
Tag: Granville Bantick
Granville Bantick runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Stories such as “When Granville was Young”, “Town Crier – May 2005”, “The “Sprocket” Page October 2004”, “Going For Gold”, and “The ‘Sprocket’ Page” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
Pen & Ink
Letters to: The Editor “Hastings Town” Guinea Hall Lodge, Main Road, Sellindge, Nr Ashford, Dear Editor, I’m a regular reader of Hastings Town, am Hon. Secretary of Hastings Local History Group, and since being made redundant from Hastings College I have been indulging my long-standing interests in history and embroidery by researching the Bayeux Tapestry … Continue reading Pen & Ink
The First 10 Years 2000-2010
Who are the people that have controlled Rye’s destiny through the last decade and who will decide what will happen here during the next ten years?
Wheelers are 12 Hour Champions Again
Bob Burden Writes ………. Kent CA Open 12 Hour, Sunday 9th August 2009 Once again it was the second Sunday in August and time for the highlight of the time trial year for me! It was up at the crack of dawn, sadly not to ride but to assist two of our riders, Mark Amon … Continue reading Wheelers are 12 Hour Champions Again
Could the Monastery Live Again?
COULD THE MONASTERY LIVE AGAIN? (September 2009) Once it was the centre of Rye activities. It was used as a Theatre, Dance Hall, Cinema and Rye Trade Fairs. It was a Sunday School and Badminton Court. It was used for Wedding Receptions and even, on one illustrious occasion after the First World War as a … Continue reading Could the Monastery Live Again?
When Granville was Young
Everyone in town knows 74 year old Town Councillor Granville Bantick. Many follow his column in Rye Observer and his exploits in cycle races as part of the Rye Wheelers racing team. But what about when he was a young man?
Pen&Ink
Dear Editor, Can I correct you on your piece in the latest edition of “Rye’s Own”. Sonia Holmes was Chairman 2007/08 of the Policy and Resources Committee at RTC and not Public Services Committee of which I have been Chairman over the past two years.
Wheeler’s First Promotion
The K.C.A. “50” On Sunday 8 June Rye & District Wheelers, on behalf of the Kent Cycling Association, promoted the famous June K.C.A. Fifty Mile time trial on the Romney Marshes. A seven year high of 84 riders competed on a blustery morning and … Continue reading Wheeler’s First Promotion
PEN & INK
Dear Editor As the one who wrote about Joe Hatter, I feel I must reply to Mrs Levett Fuller’s letter in the April edition of Rye’s Own. The man at the bottom of Spring Steps was another Mr Hatter, Grandfather to John Hatter, the owner of the taxi firm of Rye Motors, and there was … Continue reading PEN & INK
A New Beginning
Campaign for a Democratic Rye Group A new beginning by Chairman, Cllr Granville Bantick The Campaign for a Democratic Rye Group held its inaugural meeting on the 22nd February attended by forty people including the Steering Group. The historian and author, Mr Peter Ewart, who himself and his forbears came from Rye, preceded by giving … Continue reading A New Beginning