Nice to see another local business getting involved with events in the town. Rush Witt & Wilson, the Estate Agents at the old Vidler’s building, have taken part in almost every organised occasion in Rye this year from the Raft Race to Bonfire Night.
Tag: Rye Trades Exhibition
Rye Trades Exhibition 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 “Having Fun for Charity” and “Rye Trades Exhibition in 1959”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine.
Rye Trades Exhibition in 1959
In the late fifties and early sixties Rye was a thriving market town. Each year there was a Trades Exhibition at The Monastery and local enterprises took stands to show their stock in trade, advertise their services and display their products. There were demonstrations and film shows in a marquee erected in the Monastery Garden.