Jempsons of Peasmarsh will be fully supporting FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT to be held this year from 26th February to 11th March. The Jempson/Budgens stores in Rye, Hawkhurst and Battle will also specially promote their ranges of FAIRTRADE products. Jempsons in-store cafe at Peasmarsh and their coffee shops in Rye, Hastings and Battle will lend their weight … Continue reading Fair Trade Fortnight
Tag: Market Hall
Step into the Rye’s Own archive for stories connected with Market Hall, a place viewed through local news, memory, change and the experiences of those who knew it. Among the pieces gathered here are “16th. Annual Autumn Show”, “Rye Cattle Market 1937”, and “Fair Trade Fortnight”, each adding its own detail to the story. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
Rye Cattle Market 1937
This remarkable account of Rye Cattle Market taken from a 1937 Handbook demonstrates how well Rye Cattle Market was doing in the period just before World War Two. This success was carried into the forties and fifties. From 1970 onwards support dwindled. The Market was closed as a result of the Foot and Mouth outbreak … Continue reading Rye Cattle Market 1937
16th. Annual Autumn Show
Activity at the Cattle Market If you happened to pass the Market way on Wednesday, 6th October, you would have instantly realised something different was going on down there. Admittedly it was rather foggy and early in the morning, but there was so much activity and hustle and bustle.