By Jim Hollands Pictures from the Horner Collection Just recently, John Horner, who now lives in Hastings, loaned me two albums packed with photographs of his father and events in Rye and the local area in the 20th. century. Many are previously unpublished. Alfred Horner, known to all Rye as Alf, was a friend of … Continue reading Alf Horner – Noble Hero
Tag: Rye Home Guard
Explore Rye Home Guard through Rye’s Own, from remembered scenes and historical detail to the news and personalities that gave the place its character. The trail includes “Rye at War”, “VE Day in RYE 8 May 2045”, and “Rye at War – Part Two”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
VE Day in RYE 8 May 2045
By David Pawsey On May 8 sixty years ago the War in Europe came to a close and the population of Rye, who had been in the front line since War was declared on 3 September 1939, celebrated the news with impromptu parties and the hoisting of flags and draping of bunting across the streets. … Continue reading VE Day in RYE 8 May 2045
Rye at War
War Comes to Rye Rye went to war on 3 September 1939 – As war was declared a German Coaster was still tied up at The Strand. The German family who crewed her were well known and liked in Rye, They had been bringing in timber from the Baltic and
Rye at War – Part Two
Rye at War Part Two — In The Front Line In August and September of 1940 Ryers had a grandstand seat for the greatest air battle in history, the “Battle of Britain” that was raging in the skies overhead. The town suffered another serious bombing attack on October 9th, 1940 when 18 50 kilo bombs … Continue reading Rye at War – Part Two