Adventures of the Rye & District Wheelers past and present WHEELERS DAY OF MANY RECORDS Rye & District Wheelers enjoyed a day of record breaking on Sunday 10 October when a record ten riders took part on the V.T.T.A. 15 Mile time trial at Bethersden.
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Rye & District Wheelers 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. Readers can move between “Rye 1946”, “Rye Town Band 1938”, “KCA 3 Up Team Time Trial”, “Editorial”, and “Wheelers Looking for Ladies”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
The Sprocket Column
Adventures of the Rye & District Wheelers – Past and Present The A.G.M. The Annual General Meeting of the Rye & District Wheelers took place at the Riverhaven Hotel on Thursday 12 February. The majority of the club’s members … Continue reading The Sprocket Column
The Sprocket Page
The Adventures of the Rye & District Wheelers Past and Present Looking Back The Racing Ashdowns John and Dave Ashdown joined the Rye Wheelers in 1957. … Continue reading The Sprocket Page
Wheelers Dine and Recall 120 Years of History
Twenty-nine members and friends of the Rye & District Wheelers enjoyed their Annual Dinner at the Riverside Restaurant on Thursday 20 November. Guest of Honour, Sue Spice of the Tenterden Club, presented the awards to Barry Goodsell, Club “10” & “25” Champion and “Hilly 8” points competition winner and to Mark Nash the Points “10” … Continue reading Wheelers Dine and Recall 120 Years of History
The Vietnam Bike Ride in aid of Mencap
Between 31st October and 9th November, 2003 Rye and Rother Councillor Granville Bantick will be cycling 463 kms from the small city of Danang in the north of Vietnam to Saigon in the south for adults and children with learning disabilities (mental handicap).
Margaret Apps Then & Now
From the June 2002 issue of “Rye’s Own” Looking back through the old Rye’s Own photo files we discovered many local girls from the ‘Swinging Sixties’. Rye’s Own claimed that Rye girls were better looking than those from any other part of the country. Margaret Apps worked at