The November 2015 Issue of “Rye’s Own” hits the newsagents exactly 50 years after the first copies of the popular little magazine went on sale in 1965.
Tag: Landgate
Discover Landgate in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “The Strand Gate”, “Parking in Rye”, “Time has Come to Protect Rye from Rother”, “Jempson’s Local Northiam Recruitment Day”, and “The Landgate In Old Times”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. The archive leaves room for eyewitness detail, strong opinions and the affectionate hindsight that gives Rye’s Own its particular flavour.
What a Bloody Cheek!
By Jim Hollands After years of neglecting Rye and the fabric of it’s ancient buildings which Rother District Council took on the responsibility for in 1974, they (Rother) now have the audacity to want to ‘sell’ the Landgate Tower back to Rye so that they (Rother District Council) can abdicate their responsibilities for maintaining an … Continue reading What a Bloody Cheek!
Time has Come to Protect Rye from Rother
The Rother Wreckers They knocked down headstones in Rye Cemetery – They knocked down the Chapel in the Cemetery and turned it into an ‘Historic Relic’. Rother have let the famous cobble streets of Rye fall into an abysmal state of repair and the Landgate is in such need of restoration due to their negligence … Continue reading Time has Come to Protect Rye from Rother
Rye Carnival 1974 – Part Two
Part two of the Rye Movie Society Film shows the Carnival Procession passing through the Landgate and up Hilder’s Cliff to the High Street.
Jimper’s Jottings July 2015
Everything has done well in nature this year so far. Rye has seen a lot of visitors, the Landgate Arch is in a sad state, At the very top of this marvellous relic there still grows a large, and getting bigger by the day, bush. The old Further Education Centre really has blossomed and come … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings July 2015
Parking in Rye
We had to laugh at the ‘Parking Like a Muppet in Rye’ Website. BUT – Nothing compares to this picture published in Rye’s Own in 1967.
The Rye Ukulele Festival
Sunday 24th May 2015 at the Cinque Ports, Cinque Ports Street, Rye, TN31 7AN from 12.30 onwards. The Rye Ukulele Experiment is delighted to announce the first Rye Ukulele Festival.
The Bus Went to the Cinema
The bus that went to the cinema, or almost, as can be seen from the picture (Electric Palace in the Landgate is the building just beyond the bus with the coloured electric light bulbs in the shape of an arch). It was an East Kent converted charabanc on the Camber Rye Harbour service.
Jempson’s Local Northiam Recruitment Day
The new Jempson’s Local store in Northiam received over 60 applicants for the 10 jobs it created in the village.
Before the Age of Health&Safety
By Arthur Woodgate. There was Only One Long Ladder in Town. “I have a ventilation pipe to renew on East Guldeford Church” said the Boss.