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!
Tag: Tilling Green School
This collection traces Tilling Green School across Rye’s Own, bringing formal news together with the personalities and everyday moments behind the name. Stories such as “Class Four Lion Street 1931”, “What a Bloody Cheek!”, “Miss Welfare”, and “The Power of Wellbeing” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The archive leaves room for eyewitness detail, strong opinions and the affectionate hindsight that gives Rye’s Own its particular flavour.
Rye’s Own Editorial May 2013
I was fortunate enough to have spent my teenage years on Tilling Green.Very few of us youngsters who lived on the new estate through the 1950’s have anything but good memories of a place where growing up was such fun and where parental control was so effective yet barely noticed.
The Power of Wellbeing
An opportunity for Rye Town Council to put action to the words By Jim Hollands It’s all gone quiet at Rye Town Hall – All the build up and work that went into gaining ‘Quality Town Status’ and earning a framed certificate and the elusive ‘Power of Wellbeing’ has come to nothing, just as those … Continue reading The Power of Wellbeing
Class Four Lion Street 1931
How many of these young ladies from 1931 do you remember? Sometimes a piece of history turns up at “Rye’s Own” that we can’t wait to show our readers. This is one of those times. Mrs. Cox sent in this wonderful picture of the large room at the Lion Street School depicting the girls class … Continue reading Class Four Lion Street 1931
Editorial
The bombshell is about to burst on Rye. East Sussex County Council, aided by Rother District Council, have a plan for this town that will change it into another suburban sprawl.
Miss Welfare
Freda Mary Welfare: 1905-2005 Freda was born in Robertsbridge in 1905 where her father was landlord of “The New Eight Bells”. In 1912 her father died and the family split up. Her mother and two brothers went to Reading where there were family members, by Freda came to live with a favourite aunt and uncle … Continue reading Miss Welfare
Proposed Housing Development on the North side of Udimore Road
They want to build houses on the fields to the north of Udimore Road. We asked John Breeds, who lives there, how such a development would affect Udimore Road in particular and Rye in general.