The Sara Colebrooke Saga By Tony Bridgland Browsing through your June 2004 issue whilst in the doctor’s waiting-room, I came across two separate articles which dovetailed together to be of particular interest to me. One was “The Amazing Story of a Rye Shipyard” and the other, by Arthur Woodgate, told how the coaster ‘Sara Colebrooke’ … Continue reading The Sara Colebrooke Saga
Tag: Great Britain
Discover Great Britain in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. Among the pieces gathered here are “The Sara Colebrooke Saga”, “Rye Festival Of Music And The Arts”, and “Town Crier”, each adding its own detail to the story. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
Rye Festival Of Music And The Arts
This year Rye Festival starts with a bang! By Pat Field The first music on offer is the Ukulele Band of Great Britain. You may never think about music in the same way once you’ve been exposed to the Ukes’, depraved musicology, from Charlie Parker, to the Sex Pistols through J.S. Bach.
Town Crier
News and Gossip Pages By Jim Hollands Sitting In With G.R.I.P.P. G.R.I.P.P (Give Rye it’s Proper Policing) invited me to sit in on their meeting at the beginning of the month. Their reaction to the new initiative by the police to crack down on the local vandals was treated with some contempt in view of … Continue reading Town Crier