What was Rye really like in the six or seven years prior to the War? It is after all less than 75 years ago. Continue reading Rye In The 1930’s
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A Tribute To Connie
It has been just two years since Connie Lindqvist passed away, well before her time, she left a large gap in the art community in Rye. Continue reading A Tribute To Connie
Friends of Rye Art Gallery Summer Garden Party
A huge crowd attended FRAG’S Summer Garden Party on Saturday 10 July which was held at 11 High Street, Rye. Continue reading Friends of Rye Art Gallery Summer Garden Party
Town Crier
News and Gossip Pages
Gains & Losses
What a wonderful holiday season, crammed with seasonal gatherings. Jo’ and I attended an amazing variety of family functions, a ‘Tarts & Vicars Christmas Birthday Bash’, several Dinner Parties and a Twelfth Night event that we put on at our house. Continue reading Town Crier
Outstanding Vintage Rye Postcards
More Postcards by Albert Robert Quinton From The Frank Palmer Collection
Alfred Robert Quinton was the best known and most prolific artists working for J. Salmon Ltd. of Sevenoaks. Continue reading Outstanding Vintage Rye Postcards
Artist’s Double Take
From Postcards and information supplied by Frank Palmer
A.R. Quinton (1853 – 1934) the well known and highly competent Water-colour artist, whose love of the English countryside is reflected in his paintings, resulted in his works being used to illustrate books such as ‘The Historic Thames’ written by Hilaire Belloc in 1907. Continue reading Artist’s Double Take
Recollections of Mrs. Michell
As recalled by Rye nonagenarian
Charles de Salis
Soon after my wife and I moved to Rye in 1980, I took over a French conversation class at the Further Education Centre. At the first lesson, the students told me about Mrs. Michell, an old lady in her nineties who normally attended the class, but was in hospital, having broken her pelvis. She spoke fluent French, and her attendance at the class had always been, the students felt, the highlight of her week. Continue reading Recollections of Mrs. Michell
The Magic of Rye
By Jo’ Vincent
What gives Rye it’s special appeal? Some say the magnetic quality is centred on the Quarter Boys who guard the Church Clock and ring out the quarters. Old Rhodes did say “The sound of the Quarter Boys will draw you further than gunpowder can blow you”. This has proved the case so many times when old Ryers, who have spent many years overseas return to the town where they were brought up. Continue reading The Magic of Rye