By David Russell The Jolly Sailor first opened its doors as a beer house in Watchbell Street in 1830. Landlord Thomas Hearsfield applied for a full licence in 1831, and again successfully in 1832. Both applications were supported by a petition organised by local vicar John Myer who was mayor of Rye in 1828. He … Continue reading The Jolly Sailor
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Discover Jolly Sailor in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. Readers can move between “The Jolly Sailor” and “Rye Allotments”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine.
Rye Allotments
By Arthur Woodgate Mary Smith says she is a relative newcomer to Rye, that I am certainly not and I do know where lots of allotments have disappeared from during the Twentieth Century.