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Tag: Jempsons Superstore
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Jempsons Superstore, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Among the pieces gathered here are “80 Year Celebration at Jempsons”, “February “Rye’s Own””, and “The Oliver Curd Trust”, each adding its own detail to the story. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
80 Year Celebration at Jempsons
Jempsons Superstore at Peasmarsh celebrated 80 years of service to the community in 2010. Many events and attractions were staged at the Peasmarsh store over the last week in June and the first week in July. Hundreds of regular shoppers turned up to join in with the festivities.
The Oliver Curd Trust
Young Oliver Curd died in November 2007 having battled bravely against Ewing’s Sarcomo, a form of cancer. During his illness his parents, Richard and Sarah Curd, were supported by family and friends, by the Conquest and Royal Marsden Hospitals and by cancer charities.