Councillor Bantick’s Abbreviated Speech Following the meeting Councillor Granville Bantick issued an abbreviated copy of his speech. It is reproduced here in full. “There has been disquiet over the activities of the Rye Partnership over many years. From the outset it became difficult to disentangle the relationship between Rother District Council and the Rye … Continue reading Councillor Bantick’s Speech
Tag: Hastings College
Explore Hastings College through Rye’s Own, from remembered scenes and historical detail to the news and personalities that gave the place its character. Stories such as “Rother Has Failed Us”, “Thanks Dad”, and “The Lion Street School” 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.
Rother Has Failed Us
Rother has Failed Us If proof were ever needed that Rother District Council has failed this town then I ask readers to read the words in the following columns that have been reprinted as they were written in November 2001. (This was from a 2005 issue of Rye’s Own) Four years on and every single … Continue reading Rother Has Failed Us
The Lion Street School
An open letter to all those interested in, or connected with, the Lion Street Adult Education Centre. I have been encouraged by a number of people from Rye to make a statement explaining the College’s position over the Lion Street Centre and the current proposals for its future.
John Buss
It is with great sadness we report the death of John Buss who passed away at the Conquest Hospital on 13 August.
Thanks Dad
Geoff Goldfinch, a third generation Ryer and local builder is not laying bricks this month. He is recovering along with his daughter Carla to whom he has donated one of his kidneys.