Wheelers Race History Up to April 2004 Frank Brann the barber won the Rye & District Wheelers Hill Climb Championship in 1937 and was runner up in 1938 Jill Catt, the wife of Jim Catt won the Rye & Bexhill Inter Club 10 Mile Time Trial in
Tag: Mervyn Robbins
Mervyn Robbins runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Among the pieces gathered here are “The Old Days”, “Time Line for Rye Wheelers”, and “Rye Wheelers Race History”, each adding its own detail to the story. Together they offer a characterful route through the magazine’s record of local life, memory and change.
The Old Days
First published in Rye Wheelers Year Book 2011 Anyone who has been a member of Rye Wheelers between 1954 and 2015 have heard Jim spouting off about ‘The Old Days’, but we all know how he can ‘elaborate’ a bit, so what were those days really like?
Time Line for Rye Wheelers
One of Rye’s oldest sporting clubs is enjoying the best time of it’s 128 years life. This time line looks at the club’s history since it’s inaugaration at the Cinque Ports Hotel in 1881.