Rye Scallop Week is upon us again and promoter, Oliver Campion has come up with an amazing ‘gimmick’ to publicise this year’s event.
Tag: Rye Mayor
Explore Rye Mayor through Rye’s Own, from remembered scenes and historical detail to the news and personalities that gave the place its character. Stories such as “Shelfies and Rye Scallop Week” and “Arthurs Mayors” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture.
Arthurs Mayors
ALFRED HORNER by Arthur Woodgate Now I come to a Rye Mayor who was very much ‘one of us’. Alf Horner inherited a general shop in the middle of Kings Street, Landgate. It sold groceries, green groceries, newspapers and all sorts of odd and ends. Alf and his wife Flo ran the business for many … Continue reading Arthurs Mayors