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Rye January 2006

By The Editor

The Lowest Ebb

The New Year is a time for reflection and taking stock but as I look around Rye I am seeing things that make me sad when I remember the days of past glory that this town has enjoyed. Continue reading Rye January 2006

A Better Way For Rye

A copy of the handbill issued by the Campaign for a Democratic Rye at the Public Meeting on November 14.

When the reorganisation of local government took place in 1974 Rye lost not only power over its own affairs but most of its land and property as well. Continue reading A Better Way For Rye

Christmas Arrived Early This Year

By John Wallbank

I certainly hope that on the evening of the 23rd of December, a lot of Ryers ears were burning! There I was at my place of work here in Wellington, New Zealand, when my wife rang to tell me that one of my old Rye former footballing buddies from way back had been on the phone to her and wanted to meet up with me. Continue reading Christmas Arrived Early This Year

Rye’s Own Albert Booth

Wheeler – Soldier Golfer – Shrimper by The Editor

At eighty-seven Albert Booth still has that same twinkle in his eye as when I first met him in 1957. Continue reading Rye’s Own Albert Booth

Rye Bonfire 66

OFF WITH A BANG

It was so wet that even the mermaid had to have an umbrella, but pouring rain throughout the whole of the Bonfire Society’s 1966 Rye Fawkes Celebrations did not dampen the spirits of the thousands who had come to watch the annual spectacle. Continue reading Rye Bonfire 66