Hard Work Updating Rye’s Own Website Well done to our volunteer website manager, Dace Homa, who finds enough time in her busy life to put post after post from back issues of Rye’s Own, Hastings Town and Cinque Ports magazines and archives into the Rye’s Own Website. ryesown.co.uk
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Hastings Town provides the setting for this group of Rye’s Own articles, where buildings, people and events meet in the magazine’s record of the district. Readers can move between “Letters March 2008”, “Bring back Trolleybuses in Hastings.”, “Editorial”, and “Website Manager”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
2017 War and Peace Revival will not be held at Folkestone Racecourse
A Return to the Hopfields It seems the imminent house building plan that Shepway has for the area has driven the War & Peace Revival away from the area and back to Whitbreads Hopfields Showgrounds at Beltring. The show, which was immensely popular for the past four years at Folkestone Racecourse and responsible for attracting a … Continue reading 2017 War and Peace Revival will not be held at Folkestone Racecourse
Rye Christmas Festival Film Part One
Was this the Best Christmas Festival in the Whole Country? There are not enough superlatives available to justly describe the remarkable event ‘Days of Old’ or the special people that produced and brought this amazing spectacle to the streets of Rye. Yes! We know that Rye is a natural background for an event of this kind but importantly, … Continue reading Rye Christmas Festival Film Part One
Rye’s Own Needs Help
Help us by becoming a “Rye’s Own Reporter / Photographer” Times are changing – When “Rye’s Own” was first published 50 Years ago, there was no internet, no 24 Hour news programmes on television and local media was not even imagined in anyone’s wildest dreams. Newsagents still sold vast amounts of newspapers and supermarkets were … Continue reading Rye’s Own Needs Help
March Hastings Town
The March issue of “Hastings Town” in good newsagents from Saturday 27 February. Packed with good things including :-
Hastings Town August Issue
Hastings Town will be in all good local newsagents on Saturday Morning (1 August 2015) Packed with features and pictures including :-
Hands Across the Sea at Hythe
INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND Excitement is growing for the “Hands across the Sea” International Weekend organised by the Rolls Royce Enthusiasts’ Club. It is happening at Westenhanger, Folkestone Racecourse, Nr Hythe which is a huge site
Tony May’s February Feed Back
I thought this month I would take a bit of time to bring you up to date with news regarding some of my most recent articles. I get quite a lot of feedback from the pieces I write here and I always think if a story is worth writing at all it is worth following … Continue reading Tony May’s February Feed Back
A Few Things
The Tony May Pages I love writing for ‘HT’ and think of this magazine as a kind of community in itself so, whenever fresh news reaches my ears about a story previously featured here, I think its important I keep you all informed. Remember Sue Butchers? I had the pleasure of interviewing Sue about her … Continue reading A Few Things
Ron’s Gone
A personal tribute by Ion Castro to Ron Fellows, a friend, colleague and contributor to ‘Hastings Town’. Ron Passed away in St.Michael’s Hospice on 15th July 2011 after a short illness and his funeral took place at Hastings Cemetery on 28th July.