News and Gossip Pages By The Editor The Price of Land The piece of land adjacent to the railway between the Mill and Ferry Road, plus another small parcel of ground opposite was sold at action to a developer for £210,000. This was £200,000 over the estimated £5,000 to £10,000 that was the guide … Continue reading Town Crier
Tag: Rother
Rother runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Stories such as “The Flooding Situation”, “Council Says Yes To Marina Plan”, “Bernard’s Problem Page”, “Ready Made Marina”, and “Rye Chosen for Hospice Neighbours Launch” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
Man Overboard
Man Overboard Great fun was had at Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station in June. An Open Day attracted many people from the village and from Rye to look over the station.
Rye Garden Safari
Sunday 22 May is an important date for those interested in beautiful gardens. Four of Rye’s very best will be open to the public for this year’s Rye Garden Safari.
Town Crier
News and Gossip Pages By Jim Hollands HOTCATS to the Rescue Well done Kerry de Courcy and HOTCATS. The Rye & District Hotel and Caterers Association have stepped in to salvage the Heritage and T.I.C. Centre after Rother District Council reneged on an agreement at the … Continue reading Town Crier
Ready Made Marina
By Jim Hollands “Why dig a Marina when there is a ready made site on the Camber Road?” Bob Vincent put the question to me the other day. The old pontoon, where beach was dug out in vast quantities, lies between the Golf Course and the Camber Fields. “It would be easy to dig a … Continue reading Ready Made Marina
Built In Rye
Above: Two Rye Barges, They were built in Rye shipyards and worked the Rother, Tillingham and Brede, getting as far as Bodiam, delivering all manner of loose goods.
Editorial
A Matter of Priorities What would the average man in the street think was the greater death risk, visiting Rye Cemetery or riding a cycle along the Rye Harbour Road? Every single person I asked thought it was a stupid question, without exception they said riding to Rye Harbour.
Boat Builders of Rye Part 3
The Warship Revival Photographs from the collection of E.G. Pollington (nee Jempson) “A Thirteenth Century traveller from inland, making his way through the gloom of the Sussex forests, might well have paused on the outskirts of Rye to listen to a strange sound, a rhythmic hammering, half-metallic, half wooden in its timbre, which floated … Continue reading Boat Builders of Rye Part 3
Rye Raft Race
Back after year break Rye Raft Race is back. It will take place on Sunday 15 August. The start and finish will be at different places on the river than last time to avoid the problem of louts throwing eggs from Monkbretton Bridge onto the participants.
Wish Street Car Park Under Threat
Planning approval is being sought for two blocks of five story flats on the old Gas Works site behind the Kettle O’ Fish.