Two charged with robbing sunken warship in English Channel Two men have been charged in connection with the alleged removal of items from a sunken Royal Navy warship in the English Channel. HMS Hermes was a protected cruiser built in the late 19th century and converted into an aircraft ferry and depot ship … Continue reading Winchelsea Man Charged with Robbing Sunken Warship
Tag: Royal Navy
Royal Navy appears here as part of the magazine’s continuing record of local organisations, community effort and the people who kept things moving. Stories such as “Dunkirk Film Photos”, “Rye Silt Dredger”, “Lover’s Seat”, and “Clifford Bloomfield’s Memories of The Second World War” 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.
Russians Off Rye Again
Russian Navel Presence in Channel Again Remember the picture of the Russian Navy sailing past Rye? It seems there were more Russian warships off our coast during the last few days. The Russian Frigate Yaroslav Mudry was shadowed by the Royal Navy through the International waters, just outside British Territorial waters, at a time of diplomatic tensions between Moscow … Continue reading Russians Off Rye Again
Clifford Bloomfield’s Memories of The Second World War
From Jo’ Kirkham’s Memories Series Very soon after Christmas – in January 1941, when I was 14 years old, I took a job at the Post Office, then in the High Street, as a Telegram Boy. I was given an official arm band and a typically heavy red bicycle with 28 inch wheels. The saddle … Continue reading Clifford Bloomfield’s Memories of The Second World War
Lover’s Seat
BY TONY MAY I have been in a somewhat romantic mood of late and as I approach my 49th birthday as a Batchelor I have been spending rather more time than is healthy perhaps reflecting on the course of my life so far.
Rye Silt Dredger
By John Blight In 2007 a better and cheaper option for dredging was needed for Rye. The Dutch had the monopoly on this throughout the UK, but about 10 years previously I had drawn up a system to fit to an existing vessel, then never got around to fitting it.
George Marsden
By The Editor I was intrigued by Arthur Woodgate’s recollection of the 1937-40 Mayor of Rye George Marsden. The mystery surrounding where he came from and where he went in 1940 have haunted me since Arthur first told me about George Marsden’s Mayoralty so I decided I must delve deeper.
The Sara Colebrooke Saga
The Sara Colebrooke Saga By Tony Bridgland Browsing through your June 2004 issue whilst in the doctor’s waiting-room, I came across two separate articles which dovetailed together to be of particular interest to me. One was “The Amazing Story of a Rye Shipyard” and the other, by Arthur Woodgate, told how the coaster ‘Sara Colebrooke’ … Continue reading The Sara Colebrooke Saga
Dunkirk Film Photos
Dunkirk Photos Never Seen Before These great photographs of John Mills and the filming of “Dunkirk” at Rye and the local district in 1957 were brought into “Rye’s Own” by a local lady.
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
Rye in 1941
BY Clifford Bloomfield From Jo’ Kirkham’s Rye Memories Series Very soon after Christmas – in January 1941, when I was 14 years old, I took a job at the Rye Post Office, then in the High Street, as a Telegram Boy. I was given an official arm band and a typically heavy red bicycle with … Continue reading Rye in 1941