This interesting story and picture first appeared in one of our first issues of “Hastings Town”. We have not been able to get in touch with Ray up to the time of printing but hope he and his good lady are fit and well and have a great Christmas. (Editor) By Ray Levett I wondered … Continue reading Ray Levett making up for 45 lost years!
Tag: Hollington
Discover Hollington 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 “Mark Rymell’s Pier Project”, “Rubbish”, and “Ray Levett making up for 45 lost years!”, 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.
Fom The Regal To Rye
The Melody Lingers on Don Valentine remembering the sound of LOCAL THEATRE ORGANS – PAST & PRESENT Whenever I hear the strains of Ravels BOLERO , I am seated in the Circle of the Regal Super Cinema taken there by a visiting aunt to see “Bolero” starring amongst others George Raft, Carole Lombard and Ray … Continue reading Fom The Regal To Rye
Rubbish
By Tony May As ‘The Clean Up Man’ I have now been ‘patrolling’ the streets of Hollington for well over a year and the amount of cans, bottles, crisp bags, cigarette packets, fag butts and other items I have personally picked up and ‘escorted’ to a public waste bin must now run into thousands.
The Nags Head
The Nags Head Gensing Road By John Hodges The first reference to the parish of St.Leonard occurs in 1372, it is contained within a return of the parish churches in the liberty of Hastings made by the Bailiff. Although this ancient church appears to have disappeared sometime in the fifteenth century, it can be placed … Continue reading The Nags Head
Mark Rymell’s Pier Project
I have to admit that I am one of the world’s worst hoarders. Fiercely sentimental, I have a real problem in throwing things away and keep every letter I receive from personal friends would you believe!