Behind The Scenes At Hythe Auction

By Jenny Johns

What do you do with the piece of china that your great aunt has left you or the table, inherited from your mother, that’s too large to fit into your new flat? You could advertise it for sale on ebay of course, but such pieces aren’t something you can easily arrange to deliver. You don’t just want to make a donation to a charity shop; you’d like to raise some money on the item so you could buy something that you would like and that would be a memento. Continue reading Behind The Scenes At Hythe Auction

Old Fisherman of Rye

              Mr. Jacob “Shad” Gibbs 1865-1956

By Julie Brett (Ditcher)                 Great Granddaughter

Jacob was born in 1865 in Rye, his father and four brothers were all from Rye and were all fishermen as he was to become at the age of 11. From 1888-1890 he served as mate under skipper W. Bourne on the trawler S.S.Pionerre and from 1893-1897 he was the third hand under Master J.M. Breeds on the S.S.Crusader. Continue reading Old Fisherman of Rye

One In One Out

One in – one out seemed to be the order of the day when The Rev’d Howard Cocks S.S.C retired from both The Church of St Thomas the Martyr Winchelsea and The Rye & Winchelsea Rotary Club. Continue reading One In One Out

Ambrette’s Tobias in Final of Restaurant Manager of the Year

Ambrette’s Tobias in Final of Restaurant Manager of the Year The Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) has named the four restaurant managers that have made it to the final of the 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition. Continue reading Ambrette’s Tobias in Final of Restaurant Manager of the Year

The Landgate In Old Times

J. L. DEACON F. R. Hist. S. printed the first edition his his amazing “Ancient Rye” early in the 20th. century, the fifth edition hit the bookstands in 1927 and contains this great picture of the Landgate in Georgian times. Continue reading The Landgate In Old Times

Things Long Ago

Jimper Reminisces on a Lost World

Once on Romney Marsh not so long ago, it was a very unhealthy place to live. There was a dreaded thing that was called the Ague, a disease we now know was a type of malaria, caused by the mosquito which lived in the water that covered a lot of the flat land. Continue reading Things Long Ago

To The Trenches Via Rye

A Rough Diary of my Soldier Life

By Pte. George Linney

The war broke out as you know in August 1914 but I did not join up before February 1916, as I thought it was my duty to stop at home and help keep things going because my father was incapable of work. Moreover, my mind was quite made up when I heard that two of my brothers had joined the colours. Continue reading To The Trenches Via Rye