Dear Editor, The recent article by Rex Swain featuring the life and death of Tony Cager prompted me to search out a photo of the Rye Boys Club gym section, taken in the Mermaid Street School Headquarters, probably in the very early 1960’s.
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This collection traces Mermaid Street School across Rye’s Own, bringing formal news together with the personalities and everyday moments behind the name. Readers can move between “Pen & Ink Feb 2007”, “Sidney Herbert Allnutt”, and “The Life and Times of Reg Weeks”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
Sidney Herbert Allnutt
By Arthur Woodgate As we moved from Lion Street into Mermaid Street School in 1921, the well known, even quite famous, Headmaster Sprig Walker was about to retire, and as we stood in rows to mark the occasion, we had no idea it was the beginning of a Mermaid Street School revolution. Miss Walker, daughter … Continue reading Sidney Herbert Allnutt
Life & Times of Reg Weeks
“The life and Times of Reg Weeks”, who lived in Rope Walk and died on 1 March 1993 were compiled by his daughter Daphne Lewellyn of Sidmouth, Devon, from her memories of all the things he told her about his early life in Rye. Reg Weeks was born at 2 Bridge Place, Rye, Sussex on … Continue reading Life & Times of Reg Weeks
The Life and Times of Reg Weeks
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