Our Elected Councillors Do Their Best – But Their Objections will be overuled By Jim Hollands Well done Rye Town Council for objecting to the Tilling Green ‘money spinning building plan’ – Pity it will make no difference – Rye Town Council have only advisory powers – And the ‘Power of Well-Being’ – whatever that … Continue reading Rye Councillors Throw Out Building Plan for Tilling Green
Tag: Rye Partnership
Rye Partnership 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. Among the pieces gathered here are “Uproar in the Chamber”, “Pride in Rye Week July 2003”, “Environment Agency Remove Two Dead Sheep From The Tillingham”, “Town Crier”, and “Tilling Green Community Centre Celebrates Success of Volunteers”, each adding its own detail to the story. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
What a Bloody Cheek!
By Jim Hollands After years of neglecting Rye and the fabric of it’s ancient buildings which Rother District Council took on the responsibility for in 1974, they (Rother) now have the audacity to want to ‘sell’ the Landgate Tower back to Rye so that they (Rother District Council) can abdicate their responsibilities for maintaining an … Continue reading What a Bloody Cheek!
Long Awaited Answer On £125,000 Grant Repayment
The long promised letter explaining why Rye Partnership is not being forced to comply with the National Audit Office inquiry has just arrived at at our office from the Partnership’s Chairman, Councillor Keith Glazier.
Rye Headlines April 2004
Jim Hollands Asks; Have things changed for the better between 2004 and 2015? Best Value On Monday 8 March a very profound remark was made during the Emergency Surgery Site Debate. Paul Osbourne, commenting on County Council Leader Peter Jones oft quoted remark about the Ferry Road School site that it must be sold for the … Continue reading Rye Headlines April 2004
The Jempson Foundation Has Made A Donation To The Conduit Hill Based Community Centre
The period buildings main hall ceiling required urgent replacement, which now nearing completion, was necessary for the continuing use by many volunteer organisations, who are the main users of the hall.
Tilling Green Community Centre Celebrates Success of Volunteers
Volunteers from more than 12 locally developed projects came together at Tilling Green Community Centre, Rye, to celebrate their achievements within the Neighbourhood Enablers project, on Thursday 28th march. The volunteers had been brought together by Capacity Builder, Flora Williams, who worked with a wide range of people to develop their ideas into live … Continue reading Tilling Green Community Centre Celebrates Success of Volunteers
Rye Medieval Conference 2012
“These Conferences were begun eight years ago as part of a joint bid by Rye Castle Museum and the Rye Partnership to get a grant to stop the main Rye Castle – Ypres Tower leaking. One condition was to get Rye acknowledged by the academic world as a centre where the latest research in Medieval … Continue reading Rye Medieval Conference 2012
Rye Flower and Vegetable Show
Coordinated by Rye in Bloom and Rye Allotments Association. Now is the time to pick up your Schedule for the 2008 Flower and Vegetable Show which will take place on Saturday 30th August 2008. This year the show is a joint effort between Rye in Bloom and Rye Allotments Association.
Town Crier
News & Gossip Pages By The Editor The Power of Words I was very humbled when Thomas Peacocke Head Teacher Ann Cockerham told me of an assembly they had with the Christmas Festival as a theme.
Uproar in the Chamber
From December 2007 Issue of Rye’s Own There was uproar in a packed Council Chamber on Monday 12 November when a demand, in the form of a 60 person petition asking for an enquiry into the affairs of the Rye Partnership was discussed. The petition was signed by many prominent people including a past Mayor … Continue reading Uproar in the Chamber