Get to Rye Early to be Sure of a Parking Space 16:30 – Parking restrictions apply to processional route. 18:30 – Vehicular access restrictions apply. 18:30 – Processional Route to be clear of all vehicles 19:50 – Loud maroon signals the start of the procession from Mason Road, Tilling Green Estate The route is as … Continue reading Rye Bonfire Timetable
Tag: Rye Fawkes
Step into the Rye’s Own archive for stories connected with Rye Fawkes, a place viewed through local news, memory, change and the experiences of those who knew it. The trail includes “Farewell Spike”, “First Article Ever”, “Rye Bonfire 66”, and “Rye Bonfire Timetable”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
Jimper’s Jottings November 2014
November 2014 Nearly every week there is an article in the local paper about the parking of traffic in no parking areas in Rye. The problem has got worse since the Traffic Warden was removed. Why the people in control of the town do not employ another, beats me. The cost, they say, does not … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings November 2014
Rye 1947
Have Health & Regulations Gone Too Far? By Jim Hollands The remarkable picture, of Gasson’s War ravaged building at the western end of Cinque Ports Street, was taken just after World War Two. Closer inspection reveals a wartime National Fire Service notice pointing the way to Rye Fire Station.
Bonfire Extravaganza
They came in their thousands to town for one of the best Rye Fawkes Celebrations ever. Flaming torches lit the streets and a burning boat, the emblem of the Rye Bonfire Society, was dragged around the town as has happened for years immemorial.
Rye Fire & Rescue 2005
Rye Fire & Rescue Rye Fire & Rescue vehicle, with lights flashing and siren blasting answers yet another call. Rye firefighters have always had the reputation of being one of the best units in Sussex and Kent despite the fact that they are all part timers doing other jobs and only make a dash … Continue reading Rye Fire & Rescue 2005
Bonfire Over the Years
What were those Bonfire Nights in Rye of more than fifty years ago really like? So many stories are passed down by those senior citizens who were there. They tell
Farewell Spike
“I don’t mind dying as long as I am not around when it happens.” The words above were one of Spike Milligan’s ‘off the cuff ‘ answers. He also claimed he wanted to outlive Harry Secombe as he didn’t want him singing at his funeral.
Summer Show
Mayor Opens Bonfire Society Summer Show The Rye Bonfire Society’s Summer Show held at Rye Market on the 18th July
Rye Bonfire 66
OFF WITH A BANG It was so wet that even the mermaid had to have an umbrella, but pouring rain throughout the whole of the Bonfire Society’s 1966 Rye Fawkes Celebrations did not dampen the spirits of the thousands who had come to watch the annual spectacle.
First Article Ever
The First Article from the First “Rye’s Own” Bonfire Preparations for Rye Fawkes 1965