What’s the Point? Is it worth the police arresting people who commit crime? I ask this because in the local paper there is a page of local crimes taken to court. I wonder if the cost of police work in arresting these criminals is worth the time, money and effort. Some of the sentencing is … Continue reading Bernard’s Problem Page – March 2016
Tag: Rye Library
Rye Library 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 “The Very Heart of Rye”, “Bernard’s Problem Page – March 2016”, and “Rye’s Allotment Gardens”, 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.
Rye Newsagent Posts Closing Down Notice
Is Rother Tax Demand the Last Straw for Bargain Box? Another long established business in Rye seems to be on the verge of closure. Bargain Box in Cinque Ports Street have been there for years and carried on a newsagents business that has been run in the same street since long before World War Two.
Rye’s Allotment Gardens
Don’t Lose Your Heritage! By Mary Smith I am a relative newcomer to Rye and a keen, if inept, allotment holder. I would like to encourage other gardeners and would-be gardeners to become allotment holders.
The Very Heart of Rye
First Published in the November 2003 Issue of “Rye’s Own” The old Lion Street School, now the home of the Rye Library and Further Education Centre, has a question mark hanging over it’s future existence.There are proposals for the Library to be re-sited in a new building on the old Central Garage site, there are … Continue reading The Very Heart of Rye