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Ian Potter runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Readers can move between “Town Crier”, “Raft Race”, “Fund Raising For ARRCC”, and “The Mayor and Councillors Sing for Skateboard Park”, 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.
Raft Race
The Mayor of Rye Councillor Ian Potter gets the Race under way.
60 Years On
VE Celebrations are Remembered The heroes of the Second World War donned their medals and paraded through the streets of Rye to mark the sixtieth year since Victory was declared in Europe.
Wheelers Fun Day
The Rye & District Wheelers Fun Day held on the Strand Quay on Saturday 28 May featured a marathon ride on rollers the equivalent distance of Rye to Land’s End. The 357 mile journey was completed by 4.30pm, three and a half hours inside the time allowed for the effort.
Town Crier
News and Gossip Pages Double Bluff? News of a new supermarket in Rye has been trickling out from East Sussex County Council officials. We … Continue reading Town Crier
Fund Raising For ARRCC
By Peter Holland Pictures by Martin Carter All too often we hear that someone we know has suffered a stroke or has contracted an obscure ailment which robs its victim of physical or mental capabilities.
The Mayor and Councillors Sing for Skateboard Park
The historic chamber of Rye Town Hall echoed to the sounds of “The Councillors” a barber shop medley on Sunday 13 February.
Rye Barwatch
Problem Drinkers to be Barred From Rye Pubs & Hotels Barwatch, a scheme to prevent alcohol related public disorder came into existence in Rye on Tuesday 22 June. From this date 21 Hotels and Public Houses in Rye and the immediate district have banded together to keep trouble makers out of their premises.