By The Reluctant Mate This is a true account of 8 months as a mate on a Rye Bay trawler, it happened quite by accident when I was made redundant about 12 years ago. My skipper had just lost his boat when it was de- commissioned and he was looking to purchase a small … Continue reading Fishing in Rye Bay
Tag: Hastings
Explore Hastings through Rye’s Own, from remembered scenes and historical detail to the news and personalities that gave the place its character. Readers can move between “Cinque Ports Nonsense”, “’Gun’ Point Robberies in Hastings”, “Dinosaur At Hastings”, “Final Farewell to Mark Gonza”, and “Do you know this man?”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Together they offer a characterful route through the magazine’s record of local life, memory and change.
Station Approach 1928
This was the scene at the top of Station Approach 1928. The pretty house has gone now and has been replaced by the Post Office. Geering & Colyer, whose office was on the opposite side of the street facing their large advertising board that was a familiar sight to all those that travelled by bus … Continue reading Station Approach 1928
Dateline Rye
1030 – Rye (included in the Manor of Rameslie) given to the Abbots of Fecamp in Normandy 1100 – La Rie – La Rye 1105 – Church: Hospital of St. Bartholomew
Jimper Gets Political
They are at it again. I’m talking about the leaflet from Rother announcing their plans for Rye. How two faced can they get? They claim they want Rye to prosper but offer no ideas or initiatives as how this can be achieved.
Need these Gates be Closed Forever?
Part of a sermon preached by Rev. J.R. Williams at 11 am. in the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Rye Rye to Lose it’s Railway Dare I make a comparison between the life of lepers that once was and our lives which are to be, if the law is passed? I refer to … Continue reading Need these Gates be Closed Forever?
Hastings in Summertime 1964
Park – Beach – Model Village – Carnival 8mm. Footage of Hastings 50 years ago. From the “Rye’s Own” Film Archive World Copyright Protected c 2016 A reader remembers For David Booth, these few minutes of Hastings in 1964 brought back Alexandra Park as it used to be: boats moving around the boating lake, the … Continue reading Hastings in Summertime 1964