The Heritage Centre Anchor is quite safe Rye Town Clerk, Richard Farhall tells us “The timber needed to be replaced but the Environment Agency A has a policy of not using hardwood so there was a delay while a reclaimed source could be found. Then the EA’s carpenter was off. He is back now but there … Continue reading The Anchor is Safe
Tag: Richard Farhall
Richard Farhall runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Readers can move between “Six Months Reprieve”, “All Our Yesterdays”, “Visibility,Accessibility And Familiarity”, and “Town Manager’s “Pride in Rye” Targets Recycling and Graffiti”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Together they offer a characterful route through the magazine’s record of local life, memory and change.
Where is the Anchor?
The mystery of the Rye Heritage Centre Anchor. Why was it moved? – It was moved for ‘repair’. When will it be returned? – It would be back in March ready for Easter visitors.
All Our Yesterdays
Who were the driving forces in the town fifty years ago? Who were in power at Rye Town Hall in the 1960’s? What was it like to live in a democratic Rye that ran its own affairs and was responsible for its own planning?1965 and 66 were great years for Rye.
Call For Public Meeting
At last Monday’s (24 November) meeting of the Planning and Townscape Committee at the Town Hall, Councillor Mary Smith (CDR group member) pressed for the Council to hold an urgent public meeting on the “Core Strategy Plan” for Rye.
Six Months Reprieve
Udimore Road Site From Rye’s Own April 2008 Issue RYE COUNCILLORS VOTE AGAINST FOUR YEAR AMENDMENT By Jim Hollands Up to eighty Rye people crammed in the public galleries at Rother District Council’s Bexhill Town Hall to learn the fate of the proposed building site for 135 houses on the greenfield land to the North … Continue reading Six Months Reprieve
RYE’S NEWSREEL AUGUST ISSUE 2006
How to Trace a Water Leak the Rother way! Information collated by the Love Lane allotment holders Site Visit 1 – A plot holder observes a council official on the Love Lane allotment site. The council officer explains that he is looking for the source of a water leak from the underground pipes feeding the … Continue reading RYE’S NEWSREEL AUGUST ISSUE 2006
Town Crier July 2006
Rye Town Council Did Their Best There has been criticism of Rye Town Council over the recent chaos caused by the resurfacing work at South Undercliff. I must spring to the defence of the council and lay the blame where it belongs, on the doorstep of East Sussex County Council and the Highway Agency. The … Continue reading Town Crier July 2006
The Mayor’s Chair
By David Bourne The Mayor’s Chair in Rye Town Hall provides an interesting conundrum as to its origins. I knew that I had seen the Coat of Arms, that were emblazonned on the back, somewhere before.
Town Manager’s “Pride in Rye” Targets Recycling and Graffiti
The aim of this year’s Pride in Rye was to move on from the more traditional activities of tidying neglected areas and litter-picking to a more “pro-active” approach of correct litter/ waste disposal.
All Our Yesterdays
Who were the driving forces in the town forty years ago? Who were in power at Rye Town Hall in 1965? What was it like to live in a democratic Rye that ran its own affairs and was responsible for its own planning? 1965 and ’66 were great years for Rye.