The Rye Fund Thanks to the generosity of local people and with the benefit of substantial match funding received under the government’s Grassroots Endowment Challenge, we are delighted to report that The Rye Fund has now reached £100,000.
Tag: Rye Community Centre
Step into the Rye’s Own archive for stories connected with Rye Community Centre, a place viewed through local news, memory, change and the experiences of those who knew it. Readers can move between “Rye Players Present Mapp & Lucia”, “F E Centre, Garage & Ferry Road School”, “A Bold Plan To Restore Democracy To Rye And The District”, and “Rye & District U3A”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
Lunch With the Lions
More than 80 senior citizens from Rye and nearby villages enjoyed a Sunday lunch by courtesy of Rye & District Lions Club. The lunch was laid on at Rye Community Centre and all seniors that required transport were collected by Rye Community Transport and Lion Club members cars and returned home at the end of … Continue reading Lunch With the Lions
Rye & District U3A
(University of the Third Age) is an organisation for everyone who has retired from full time work. Do not be put off by the word ‘University’. We are for you, whether you have any formal qualifications or not and wherever your interests lie.
Rye Gardeners Show Off Their Produce
Photos by Barry Hawkins. Rye Community Centre was once again the venue for the annual flower and vegetable show. Entries from residents of Rye and beyond brought their flowers, veg, handicraft and cookery produce to compete in 56 classes. Despite the challenging growing conditions this year, the standard of the Flowers and Vegetables was impressively … Continue reading Rye Gardeners Show Off Their Produce
Cinderella
Christmas Entertainment Pantomine from Theatrebox Drama Students of Rye By Amber Carroll What a wonderful afternoon at the first performance from the Rye students of TheatreBox. The students delivered a magnificent showing to a small but true panto style participating audience. From the first act to the final bow, the performers were confident, funny … Continue reading Cinderella
Rye Players Present Mapp & Lucia
Make Way for Lucia The Rye Players 29/10/2009 As all devotees of Jane Austin et al know, and usually to their chagrin, an adaptation be it for play, for film, or for an extended television series, is almost calculated never to please – so you can, I’m sure understand, as I am Chair of the … Continue reading Rye Players Present Mapp & Lucia
Dancing Craze Hits Rye
DANCING CRAZE HITS RYE Stricktly Come Dancing has got a lot to answer for. It seems that the whole country has gone ballroom mad.
A Bold Plan To Restore Democracy To Rye And The District
“NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION” On Monday the 14 November at Rye Community Centre the steering committee for the Campaign for a Democratic Rye set out their plan for a return of power to Rye Town Council.
Town Crier
News And Gossip Pages By Jim Hollands Great Job Rye Harbour Boat Owners Association put on a grand show to commemorate the 200th. Anniversary of Horatio Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar. The Strand was awash with red white and blue flags that decorated every boat moored. The weather was kind, the crowds were happy and everything … Continue reading Town Crier
The Winchelsea Pantomime
By Peter Etherden 1953 was the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. Six months later the Twelfth Royal Eltham Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs joined with other local troops for Jack and the Beanstalk at the Eltham Little Theatre. The tradition probably went back to the Gang Shows of the 1920s and 1930s.