Memorial Service for an Exceptional Ryer The Memorial service for Peter Dee MBE will be on Wednesday 8th February at St. Mary’s Church, Rye at 11.30am, followed by the wake at River Haven. All are welcome. If anyone would like to make donation to the Royal Air Forces Association and St Mary’s church, two enterprises close … Continue reading Memorial Service For Peter Dee MBE. 1927-2017
Tag: St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Church appears here as part of the magazine’s continuing record of local organisations, community effort and the people who kept things moving. Stories such as “RYE TOWN HALL”, “Rye Arts Festival”, “Memorial Service For Peter Dee MBE. 1927-2017”, and “Doris Eugenie Preece” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
Historic window badly damaged at Rye parish church
Despotic Act of Vandalism Historic St Mary’s Church, Rye, has had one of its most valuable stained glass windows smashed and removed. The damage is believed to have occurred between 10.45pm and 08.45am on the night of Monday/Tuesday 29/30 August. Police are continuing to investigate. The 12th Century parish church is in the centre … Continue reading Historic window badly damaged at Rye parish church
Goodbye Jimper – You Have Touched So Many Lives
Jimper Leaves Rye for the Last Time The funeral for Jimper at St. Mary’s Church was a very special event. Saying goodbye to a person whose presence was so powerful and who filled any room he entered, was not easy. A very sad occasion was made so much easier in the knowledge that Jimper himself … Continue reading Goodbye Jimper – You Have Touched So Many Lives
The Last Shout
They came in their Hundreds They came in their hundreds to St Mary’s Church on Thursday 21 April to say last goodbyes to one of Rye’s best known heroes, George Michael Albert Bourn M. B. E. The Church was packed, every pew was filled. Rye Firemen and Firefighters from other stations were there in force. … Continue reading The Last Shout
The Few Remembered at Rye
Former members of the Rye & Northiam RAFA commemorated Battle of Britain Day on 15 September with a service at St Mary’s Church Rye led by Rev Joy Davenport who worked the Battle of Britain into the Communion Service.
Rye Arts Festival
The 39th Rye Arts Festival,which kicks off on 11th September and a packed programme of events runs through to 26th September, offering music, exhibitions, literary talks and a whole lot more for Ryers to enjoy.
Misty & Matty’s Wedding Day
Married at St Mary’s Church in Rye on Saturday 21st August were Misty Allen and Matty Allen-Purvis. Misty is the daughter of Kim and Nick Allen from Rye, Matty is the son of Janet and Ivor Barret from Billingham.
Rye Christmas Festival
This year the Rye Christmas Festival will commence on Saturday 6th December. Father Christmas will arrive in a beautiful horse drawn carriage escorted by a brilliant procession of pipers, drummers, bands and performing artist’s, followed by a spectacular display of fireworks. Santa will then be in his Grotto at the Rye Museum, East Street, which … Continue reading Rye Christmas Festival
RYE TOWN HALL
RYE TOWN HALL by Gemma Pocock. The hanging baskets and troughs of flowers outside Rye Town Hall took my eye as I passed by the other day. I knew a bit about St. Mary’s Church, Ypres Tower and The Landgate but very little about this imposing building. I was fascinated by what I found, hence this … Continue reading RYE TOWN HALL
Selling Off the Family Silver
Every town has possessions that have been accrued over the years. Rye is no exception, at one time the Borough Council owned more than half the dwellings and ground within the Rye boundaries.