Rye Personalities of the 1960’s These picture were taken during the making of the Rye Movie Society film “Chicken & Chips”
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Follow Rye Movie Society through the Rye’s Own archive, in articles that record its people, activities and place in the life of the district. Stories such as “Joan Camier”, “Margaret Apps Then & Now”, “Rye’s Bond Girls of the Sixties”, and “Faces From the Past” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
On Parade 1967
Movie Society Film Packed with Local Personalities Alfred Horner, Joan Camier, Tony Tookey, Tony Night, David Smeed, Jeffrey Waters, Pauline Morris etc. take part in this movie club film made in one evening.
Zartan and 15 Yen
Look for famous Ryers in this film There are several old Rye personalities in this little film made by the Rye Movie Society in 1967. Police Sargent Roy Parrock , Mr. Tookey the Grammar School Teacher, David Smeed, George Grey, Joan Munn, Pauline Morris and Maureen Matthews.
The Heart of Rye
Ex -Pats Should Not Watch this Film Unless they Can Afford a Ticket to Rye Another film from the Rye’s Own Archive part of the Rye Movie Society Collection. No credits came with this film so we don’t know who made it. This one will make an ex-pats homesick. It wanders round the town … Continue reading The Heart of Rye
David Smeed
By Jim Hollands It seemed that the whole of Tilling Green from the 1950’s and 60’s had turned up at Playden Church for the funeral of one of Rye’s unsung heroes. There were faces there I had not seen for 50 years or more. They came to pay respects to a very talented man.
Almost 50 Years Since The First Rye’s Own
Back in 1965, as Bonfire Night approached, a new magazine appeared in the newsagents of the town. “Rye’s Own” was born. Volume 1, Number One, it read on the cover, the price was two shillings (10p). Rodney Booth, now manager at Skinner’s Motors, was among the Bonfire Boys featured on the cover at their secret … Continue reading Almost 50 Years Since The First Rye’s Own
Alf Horner – Noble Hero
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 Many are previously unpublished.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
Joan Camier
From Rye’s Own April 2010 Motor Cycles and Movie Films were her Passion 1925 – 2010 By Jim Hollands It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of Joan Camier. I spoke to her last outside Magdala House in 2008 before she moved to Nothiam to live with, and be looked … Continue reading Joan Camier
Class Four Lion Street 1931
How many of these young ladies from 1931 do you remember? Sometimes a piece of history turns up at “Rye’s Own” that we can’t wait to show our readers. This is one of those times. Mrs. Cox sent in this wonderful picture of the large room at the Lion Street School depicting the girls class … Continue reading Class Four Lion Street 1931
Rye’s Bond Girls of the Sixties
They called it the swinging sixties and Rye was not left out of the action. James Bond with his entourage of beautiful women was all the rage with cinema audiences but Rye Movie Society was not without its own bevy of beauties in amateur film productions that went on to win East Sussex Film Awards three years in succession.