November is the month we remember those that fell in two World Wars and other Wars and Conflicts The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family By Roland Jempson In the June 2003 edition of Rye’s Own. There was an article entitled “The Tiltman’s of Rye”, about the sacrifice of nine members of the “Tiltman” family, … Continue reading The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family
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This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Roland Jempson, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Stories such as “Two Ways to Hastings”, “The Jempsons of Rye”, “Faces From The Past The Silverhill Club 1912”, and “Pen & Ink” 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.
The Bus Went to the Cinema
The bus that went to the cinema, or almost, as can be seen from the picture (Electric Palace in the Landgate is the building just beyond the bus with the coloured electric light bulbs in the shape of an arch). It was an East Kent converted charabanc on the Camber Rye Harbour service.
Two Ways to Hastings
WE ASKED IN OUR MARCH EDITIONS ABOUT MEMORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOURNEYS TO AND FROM RYE, HASTINGS AND HYTHE – EITHER BY TRAIN OR BUS. Roland Jempson from Bristol sent us this account which included these fine pictures
The Jempsons of Rye
The Jempsons of Rye, East Sussex Who are they and where did they Originate from? By Roland Jempson Family Historian (With help from second cousin Bridget Ewing Genealogist) It was also from Arthur born 1833 and Jane Elizabeth that the other well known branch of the Jempson Family in the Rye Area were descended from. “The … Continue reading The Jempsons of Rye
Hastings 80 years ago
The Story of the Trolley Bus By Roland Jempson On April 1st 1928 Hastings experienced a new type of public transport. The opening of the towns new Trolleybus system, it was inaugurated by four of the newly delivered GUY BTX 60 Trolleybuses Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 with Christopher Dodson open top bodies, on … Continue reading Hastings 80 years ago
When the Trollybus was King
In next month’s issue Roland Jempson explores the history of the Hastings & St. Leonards Trollybus era from spectacular beginnings final eclipse. The picture above portrays the bustle around the Albert Memorial soon after the new trollybus service came into operation.
Faces From The Past The Silverhill Club 1912
Roland Jempson sent in this historic photograph depicting members of the Silverhill Club taken at Silverhill Junction, presumably outside the Club Headquarters in Seddlescombe Road North.
The Bus that Went to the Cinema
Rye Electric Palace Gets an Unwanted Visitor The bus that went to the cinema, or almost, as can be seen from the picture (the Electric Palace in the Landgate is the building just beyond the bus with the coloured electric light bulbs in the shape of an arch) was an East Kent converted charabanc on the Camber Rye Harbour … Continue reading The Bus that Went to the Cinema
The Last of the Prewar Drivers
The Last of the Prewar Drivers By A. J. Leadbetter I joined East Kent as a driver in 1937 and am now the last of the prewar drivers to survive. I was with East Kent until my retirement in 1977. I remember back to the 1920’s when Timpsons were running charabangs in Hastings. They then … Continue reading The Last of the Prewar Drivers
Ex-Rye Fireman Dies in New Zealand
by Roland Jempson. How strange, that in the April edition of “Rye’s Own” there should be an article of the Rye Fire Brigade in 1952. This edition dropped on my doorstep in Bristol at the same time as I heard the news of the Death and Funeral of my brother in law Harry Martin., once … Continue reading Ex-Rye Fireman Dies in New Zealand