Rye’s new Mayor, Councillor Sam Souster, was sworn on May Day as the latest in a long line of Rye Mayors stretching back hundreds of years. Continue reading Rye’s New Mayor
Tag: Primary School
Follow Primary School through the Rye’s Own archive, in articles that record its people, activities and place in the life of the district. Readers can move between “Row Over Rye Primary”, “Rye’s New Mayor”, and “Tesco Store a Fait Accompli”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
Row Over Rye Primary
Another Report From June 2007 Issue of “Rye’s Own”
Despite Rye Town Council’s approval of the plans for the new Primary School on ground adjacent to the Thomas Peacocke there are many who think the construction of the £6.5m. building on the proposed site is ill advised and detrimental to the education of Rye children.
Continue reading Row Over Rye Primary
Tesco Store a Fait Accompli
Rye M.P. Michael Foster revealed at a meeting aimed at stopping the giant retail chain Tesco from coming to Rye that “It’s a done deal” and there is very little that can be done to prevent a large store being built on the Ferry Road old Primary School site unless Rother District Council refuses planning permission. Even then Tesco could appeal to the Secretary for State who has the power to over ride the local refusal. Continue reading Tesco Store a Fait Accompli