Rain Did Not Stop the Fun The Maritime Festival seems cursed with bad weather. Despite this, however, the day was a great success and a large crowd enjoyed the many attractions and spectacle of the boats and yachts bedecked with bunting.
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Discover Nelson in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “Rye Maritime Festival 2008”, “The Amazing Story of a Rye Shipyard”, and “Aground in the Bay”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. The archive leaves room for eyewitness detail, strong opinions and the affectionate hindsight that gives Rye’s Own its particular flavour.
The Amazing Story of a Rye Shipyard
Mrs. Pollington nee’ Jempson of Crowborough has loaned “Rye’s Own” a wonderful photo and cuttings album recording the history of one of Rye’s most famous ship building yards. There are many previously unpublished photographs recording ship building at the yard from the 1880’s to after World War Two, when the yard built ships for the … Continue reading The Amazing Story of a Rye Shipyard
Aground in the Bay
Aground in the Bay Old photographs by kind permission of Mr. B. Jones The sea has been a magnet to man since the first recorded history of the world, it first provided food and then presented a challenge. The challenge was accepted, first by the Vikings from Scandinavia then by the English and Spaniards, and