By Jim Hollands Rye and Shipping go together like coffee and cream. Since the days before recorded history Rye has been associated with shipbuilding and fishing.
Tag: Port of Rye
Port of Rye provides the setting for this group of Rye’s Own articles, where buildings, people and events meet in the magazine’s record of the district. Stories such as “Traditional Business Returns to Rye” and “From a Drawing by Connie Lindqvist” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture.
From a Drawing by Connie Lindqvist
At the beginning of the nineteenth century there were several fast forty-ton sloops sailing a regular packet service to London from the Port of Rye, besides a small fleet of larger vessels trading from the town.