The Gungarden Area as I knew it By Arthur Woodgate The Methodist Sunday school had not been there for long when I was a lad. It had been all open ground, the chapel opposite in a recess, but a bit older, it was build on what was quite a valuable piece of ground, the soldiers … Continue reading Gungarden as I Knew it
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Gungarden runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. The trail includes “Rye’s Seat of Power”, “Gates for the Gungardens”, “Rother Debate Hots Up”, and “Badding and Ypres”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
Badding and Ypres
BY ARTHUR WOODGATE It seems to me that where the sea lapped the bottom of the cliff at the Green Steps, where Colebrooks stood 400 years later.
Some of Rye’s Treasures
Drawings by Brian Hargreaves from Jo’ Kirkham’s “Ryennium” Antique Fire Fighting Appliance One of the Gungarden Cannon. Rye’s old Fire Engine. It was housed in the Town Hall and used to fight fires in the Town and local villages. Now lives in Rye Museum.
Rye’s Seat of Power
By Jim Hollands Rye Town Hall built in 1742, the third to stand on the site, has seen copious town history pass through its doors. The Borough Council had much power in the time of its construction returning two Members to Parliament and having complete control over local affairs and planning. Today, 250 years later, … Continue reading Rye’s Seat of Power
Rother Debate Hots Up
Who would give Rye the best deal. Rother District Council of the old Rye Borough Council? No contest, Rye was far better served by the Borough and would be again if the system was reinstated.
Historical Odds & Ends
When Rye Councillors had the Power Spelling taken from original manuscripts 1549- Ordered that none of the inhabitants of Rye, young or old should issue out of the town with drums and flags or otherwise, to enter the woods of any man, without his special licence, to gather or cut down any boughs, on pain … Continue reading Historical Odds & Ends
Gates for the Gungardens
From “Rye’s Own June 2002 Over recent years vandals have ruined Rye’s famous Gungarden. Flowers have been torn out of the ground, the toilets have been virtually destroyed and even the guns, which weigh more than a ton, have been dragged from their positions in a crazy attempt to run them over the cliff.