Tag: Robertsbridge

This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Robertsbridge, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. The trail includes “The Tenterden Flyer”, “Flood Alert for Rother”, “Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon”, and “South Saxon”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.

Dreams take centre stage for The Rapdramatic

By Sally Lampitt The fantasy world of dreams and nightmares was the theme for AudioActive and The School Creative Centre’s Rapdramatic 2010, an ambitious project that saw a team of 27 young people aged 13-24 take centre stage to write, compose, choreograph, film and produce a brand new musical show in just five days.

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

The Hastings Connections By Helena Wojtezak Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-91) was one of the founders of the women’s rights movement in Britain. She was born in Whatlington, near Battle, Sussex, died at nearby Robertsbridge, and was connected to the Hastings area throughout her life.

South Saxon

Life as it was lived 50 years ago in Udimore a small village near Rye as seen by R.D. Symons of Silton. Sasks., Canada I grew up in hearing of the slow, country speech of the people of Sussex. Only occasionally have I heard it over the past fifty and more years, for most of the English … Continue reading South Saxon

The Tenterden Flyer

    “THE RAILWAY HISTORY OF RYE AND DISTRICT” Part 1 — The Rother Valley (Light) Railway TENTERDEN FLYER’ by E.R.Y. The demand for a railway in the valley of the River Rother had reached crescendo pitch long before the end of the last century. The South Eastern Railway had completed its main line from … Continue reading The Tenterden Flyer