Everyone who buys a copy of our 50th. Anniversary Issue, which is on sale in all Rye Newsagents Now, is entitled to a free electronic copy of the very first issue from November 1965. All you need is the fifteen word code, included with every issue. Continue reading Free Electronic Copy of First Rye’s Own November 1965
Rye’s popular Town Crier, Rex Swain and his lovely wife Rita, celebrated 50 years of happy marriage at the Mermaid on Saturday 1 October. Surrounded by family and friends they recalled their Wedding Day in 1955 and of dancing to Eric Winston’s Band on their honeymoon. Continue reading Rex & Rita Celebrate 50 Years
As I write these jottings in the middle of January I ponder over the change in the weather that we have experienced over the past few years. The world of nature is going mad around me. Spring should arrive in April but these days we hear reports on television of strange things happening. Like the brood of Thrushes hatched in Brighton near the Pavilion around Christmas. I reported last month of the family of Blackbirds living in my garden. Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings January 2005
The five young ladies pictured below are the finalists in the 1970 ‘Miss RSheila Cockett, ye’s Own’ Competition. You, our readers, are asked to judge the final. Just Continue reading Miss Rye’s Own Finalists 1970
The five young ladies pictured are the finalists in the 1968 Miss Rye’s Own Competition. You, our readers, are asked to judge the final. Continue reading Miss Rye’s Own 1968
