Reg Weeks was born at 2 Bridge Place, Rye, Sussex on the 1st February, 1907. His parents were married in the Registry Office on 30th November, 1901 and their first child, Elsie was born a month later. Alice was relieved that Reg was born healthy, her previous baby had been stillborn and her first child. … Continue reading The Life and Times of Reg Weeks
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Leasam Hill provides the setting for this group of Rye’s Own articles, where buildings, people and events meet in the magazine’s record of the district. The trail includes “Living In The Fast” and “The Life and Times of Reg Weeks”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
Living In The Fast
By Daydreamer Living in the fast world of today I wonder how many older people like myself yearn a little for the good old bad old days of the 1920s and ’30s. No television, stereo units or video recorders no disc players, telephones or vacuum cleaners. The list is endless. Some homes boasted a wireless … Continue reading Living In The Fast