New Mayor of Rye is inaugerated in a heatwave A gatering of invited guests packed Rye Town Hall on Monday 7 May to elect and witness the inaugeration a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Both the new Mayor, Councillor MICHAEL BOYD and Deputy, Councillor RIBEKAH GILBERT were nominated and elected without challenge and took … Continue reading New Mayor and Deputy Mayor
Tag: Mayor of Rye
Step into the Rye’s Own archive for stories connected with Mayor of Rye, a place viewed through local news, memory, change and the experiences of those who knew it. The trail includes “First Spit Dug for Rye Swimming Pool”, “The Queen’s Visit to Rye”, “Trawler Margaret Blows Up – Six Killed”, “The Girl with the Amazing Voice”, and “New Mayor and Deputy Mayor”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018
MAYOR’S OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR Rye Town meeting took place at the Tilling Green Community Centre on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The Mayor of Rye, Councillor Jonathan Breeds gave his annual address to a meeting of around 150 Rye residents. We print it here in full for the benefit of those that were unable to … Continue reading RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018
Mayor of Rye’s Christmas Reception 2016
Film from the Mayor’s Christmas Reception The video includes performances by members of the Rye College Also still pictures of many local personalities.
Great Job Berni
New Mayor of Rye, Jon Breeds has Hard Act to Follow By Jim Hollands There have been many good people who have held the unique position of Mayor of Rye within my memory. I knew many of them personally. In the old days of the Borough Council it was a very powerful position and great … Continue reading Great Job Berni
The Girl with the Amazing Voice
This performance of “What a Difference a Day Makes” by two students from Rye College at The Mayor of Rye’s Christmas Party, has been played around the world and there have been many requests to put it out again.
Rye College Students at the Mayor’s Christmas Evening
Guests at the Mayor of Rye, Councillor Berni Fiddimore’s Christmas Invitation Evening, enjoyed a splendid evening of entertainment at the Town Hall on Friday 11 December.
Beating the Bounds of Rye 1982
The Boundaries of Rye Beating the bounds is an ancient custom which has been observed in Rye on occasion over the years. The custom started in times when there were few maps. Sometimes the events were known as name Gangdays, and participants would be going a-ganging. Records of Gangdays date prior to the Norman Conquest. Rye follows the traditional … Continue reading Beating the Bounds of Rye 1982
Cycle / Footpath Finished Today
Graham’s Way will be Officially Opened Next Tuesday “Rye’s Own” Reports :- It is almost eleven years since Graham Matthews was knocked off his bike on Rye Harbour Road and killed. This was a notoriously dangerous stretch of road to anyone walking as there were no places to get off the road, the verges were … Continue reading Cycle / Footpath Finished Today
Roger Breeds
Roger Breeds by Jim Hollands It is with great sadness I report the news that Roger Breeds, former Mayor of Rye, has died. Roger was a supporter of “Rye’s Own”. He regarded himself as a Ryer and so he was, for he is a direct line descendant of another Breeds who was Mayor of Rye in 1560 and … Continue reading Roger Breeds
Inauguration Speech
The New Mayor of Rye & Speaker of the Cinque Ports, Councillor Bernardine Fiddimore’s Inauguration Speech The first time I stood in this Chamber I was just seventeen and I had recently been crowned Miss Rye.