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.
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Rye Barges provides the setting for this group of Rye’s Own articles, where buildings, people and events meet in the magazine’s record of the district. Stories such as “Wharehouses At The Strand” and “Built In Rye” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture.
Wharehouses At The Strand
From a water colour by Austin Bloomfield The warehouses at The Strand still stand today. They are a reminder of Rye’s maritime past when many ships used to dock in The Strand and unload their cargos of grain, timber, basic slag, coal etc. into these and other warehouses and yards dotted around the area.