Ship Building By Arthur Woodgate It’s been rather nice thinking about Rye Shipyard since that loving presentation in the Autumn issue of ‘Ryes Own’, and it’s given me a lot to think about. We know that Sussex was covered at one time by a lot of forestry, and there must have been lots of it’s … Continue reading Acorn to Anvil
Tag: Rope Walk
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Rope Walk, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Stories such as “Andy MaConnell In a Glass of His Own”, “Town Crier March 2006”, “Jimper’s Jottings May 2005”, and “Jimper’s Jottings” 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.
Antique or just old?
By Arthur Woodgate Writing about outside of Rye’s defence wall, it came to me that some of the property inside was not as antique as we might think. Yes there are footings all over where we can see buildings.
£6,000,000 New Primary School
Here it is! The proposed £6,000,000 new Primary School to be built in the grounds of the Thomas Peacocke replacing both the Freda Gardham in New Road and the Tilling Green Primary in Mason Road.
Andy MaConnell In a Glass of His Own
First Ever Glass Expert on the Antiques Road Show. Andy McConnell has dealt in antiques since adolescence, but served an apprenticeship in journalism. After working in music, film and television, his return to writing was marked by the publication in 2004 of his tome, The Decanter, An Illustrated History of Glass From 1650. His latest … Continue reading Andy MaConnell In a Glass of His Own
Town Crier
Election Time A Bye Election has been called to fill the vacant space on Rye Town Council. The Election will take place on Thursday 5 April.
Town Crier March 2006
By The Editor Bowing to Pressure It seems that the spotlight that “Rye’s Own” and the “Rye Observer” have been putting on the unfair favouritism shown towards Bexhill to the detriment of Rye, Battle and the villages by Rother District Council has embarrassed the Rother Cabinet.
Jimper’s Jottings May 2005
April Showers April lived up to its usual self. A taste of days to come then the following day the weather we experienced was cold and dreary. Haze from the water turned many a night into a wonderland hanging above the marsh and letting the tops of the bushes of thorn and willow grace the … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings May 2005
Regeneration at Rope Walk
An amazing transformation has been happening at the Rope Walk Shopping Centre during the past few months.
Jimper’s Jottings
Each year now we suffer from gales of wind in the summer, a thing not thought of thirty years ago. Now, the autumn gales seem not to materialise. It is after the New Year gets a month old that the gales roar in bringing what rain we are likely to get. ‘February Fill Dyke’ was … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings
Bingo Special
Bingo Special Put On By Local Television Business J. E. Hollands & Sons, and held on the 7th January at the Congregational Hall was a great success. Well over three hundred people filled the top and bottom floors to