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Tag: Military Canal
Discover Military Canal in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. Stories such as “Summers On the Home Front”, “Dunkirk at Rye”, and “Flood Alert for Rother” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The archive leaves room for eyewitness detail, strong opinions and the affectionate hindsight that gives Rye’s Own its particular flavour.
Summers On the Home Front
By Beryl Dale I was born in May 1938 on Romney Marsh near the Military Canal and when I think of the summers of my early childhood the sun seemed to have shone all the time. It is especially strange as those years were set against the back drop of war and all that entailed. … Continue reading Summers On the Home Front
The Town on the Hill
The Town on the Hill Rye – built on a sandstone rock rising out of the Romney Marsh, surely one of the most beautiful towns in Britain. A living example of the way things were.
Dunkirk at Rye
One of the Best War Films Ever Made One of the best and most realistic war films ever made was created in and around Rye. ‘Dunkirk’, made in 1957, recorded the epic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the open beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Rye was chosen for the film’s location because the … Continue reading Dunkirk at Rye