New Mayor of Rye is inaugerated in a heatwave A gatering of invited guests packed Rye Town Hall on Monday 7 May to elect and witness the inaugeration a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Both the new Mayor, Councillor MICHAEL BOYD and Deputy, Councillor RIBEKAH GILBERT were nominated and elected without challenge and took … Continue reading New Mayor and Deputy Mayor
Tag: RYE TOWN HALL
Step into the Rye’s Own archive for stories connected with RYE TOWN HALL, a place viewed through local news, memory, change and the experiences of those who knew it. The trail includes “Rye’s Seat of Power”, “The One and Only Rex”, “Rye Town Crier Film”, “The Ultimate Kick In The Teeth”, and “New Mayor and Deputy Mayor”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018
MAYOR’S OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR Rye Town meeting took place at the Tilling Green Community Centre on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The Mayor of Rye, Councillor Jonathan Breeds gave his annual address to a meeting of around 150 Rye residents. We print it here in full for the benefit of those that were unable to … Continue reading RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018
Film of Rye Mayoring Day Celebrations 2017
A special day in Rye’s annual calendar. Hot pennies thrown by the newly elected Mayor of Rye to the children in the street below the historic Town Hall.
Rye Town Crier Film
Rye Town Crier Introduces The Bride & Groom Rex Swain, the best known Town Crier in all England makes another momentous cry from the steps of Rye Town Hall. Crier
John’s Work of Art
John Izod has joined Rye’s list of great characters. He has become known to almost everyone in the town. His efforts supporting Rye Bonfire Boys, Rye Community Buses and so many other local clubs, organisations and charities are
Two Of The Cinque Ports Finest
Two of the best loved characters from East Sussex and Kent can often be seen together on ceremonial occasions in any Cinque Port Town.
Remembering ‘The Few’
The Battle of Britain was fought in the skies above Rye in July, August & September of 1940. In the immortal words of Winston Churchill “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”
The One and Only Rex
A Ryer Through and Through Rye Town Crier, Rex Swain, recently celebrated his Eightieth Birthday. His boundless energy in carrying out up to 100 functions a year in his distinctive Town Crier ‘uniform’ has not diminished one iota since he was 18 and
Christmas Recption
At Rye Town Hall The Mayor of Rye, Councillor John Breeds held a pre Christmas reception at the Town Hall on 10 December. Students from the Rye College entertained the gathering with a stunning display of music and song.
Rye Flood Threat
By Anthony Kimber PhD MSe From “Rye’s Own” April 2011 issue “Following the 2007 nationwide flooding, the Government conducted a major review, which resulted in a series of recommendations. One of these was that there should be a national exercise to improve the preparedness of communities at risk of flooding. Exercise WATERMARK was planned by … Continue reading Rye Flood Threat