By Jim Hollands When the film “Dunkirk” came to local cinemas’ in 1959 every seat was taken for every performance. John Mills and Richard Attenborough starred in the War epic, but it was not just these two famous stars they had gone to see. People from Lydd, New Romney, Hythe and Rye had gone to … Continue reading Memories of a Great Actor
Tag: Richard Attenborough
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Richard Attenborough, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Stories such as “Oh What a Lovely War”, “When ‘Dunkirk’ Came to Rye”, and “Memories of a Great Actor” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
Oh What a Lovely War
From the November 2003 Issue of “Rye’s Own” Words & Pictures by Jo’ Vincent Rye Players gave an outstanding performance with their presentation of Oh! What a Lovely War at the Thomas Peacocke over four nights at
When ‘Dunkirk’ Came to Rye
More Previously Unpublished Photographs. Pictures from the Albert Sanders Collection. It seemed that half the population of Rye was employed when the film ‘Dunkirk’ produced by was made in the town and the surrounding area in the early summer of 1957.