A change of name has done wonders for the Rope Walk Mews (formerly the Rope Walk Centre). The whole place has been transformed, customers are greeted at the door by a huge range of colourful plants and bushes at prices that have stirred the hearts, and pocket, of all local gardeners. Inside a couple of brightly coloured pony carts … Continue reading Rye’s Own Indoor Shopping Centre
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Discover Rope Walk Mews in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. Readers can move between “Lady Penelope” and “Rye’s Own Indoor Shopping Centre”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine.
Lady Penelope
There is a very fine hairdresser in the Rope Walk mews going under the title of Lady Penelope – but where did the name come from? It can be revealed at last. Penelope Terry was a grass track motorbike rider of some repute.