Rye has lost a popular figure. Peter “Pip” Sivers, who died very recently, was a well known character in the town. He was best known as a bus driver and was still driving the Jempsons bus very shortly before his sudden death.
Tag: Jempsons
Discover Jempsons 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 “Hops – Part Two”, “Rye Loses Popular Local Character”, “Jimper Will Never Die – He Lives on in His Stories”, and “The Jempson Story Part One”, 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.
Hops – Part Two
By Arthur Woodgate Having left school there was no more thought of hops (except one could not help seeing them everywhere), for some years, then in the thirties I was asked by the then foreman of the Stuart May hop and fruit estate, to build two brick coppers at crutches farm, Icklesham.
Town Crier January 2007
Tilling Green in Danger Councillor John Breeds sent in these amazing pictures of a river of water running down the very field where building development is being planned.
Town Crier
News and Gossip Pages By Jim Hollands 50 Years Ago The amazing picture on the centre pages represents a generation of Rye history. The photograph was … Continue reading Town Crier
Editorial
The bombshell is about to burst on Rye. East Sussex County Council, aided by Rother District Council, have a plan for this town that will change it into another suburban sprawl.
Jimper’s Book Selling Like Hot Cakes
They are used to selling ‘hot cakes’ at Jempson’s Superstore, in fact 71,000 hot cross buns have been cooked and sold in the weeks up to Easter, but Jimper’s book “Jimper’s Journal” from his diaries of the fifties and sixties was going almost as fast.
Town Crier
Well Done Sam One of our two District Councillors walked out of the Rother Cabinet rates debate when Council Leader Graham Gubby refused to answer his question (see page five).
Adventures in Rye April 2001
ADVENTURES IN RYE by Winnie Hollands Reading the letter from John and Mary in last month’s Pen & Ink column, I couldn’t agree with them more. The old Ferry Road School would make a lovely sport and gym centre where mums and dads and children could go. There could be a cycle path through the … Continue reading Adventures in Rye April 2001