Tommy Sinden Dies in Tasmania Many older readers will remember Tom ‘Tommy’ Sinden who recently died in Tasmania aged 83. Tom Sinden, older brother of Francis Sinden of North Salts, was born in Rye in 1922. He was educated in Rye and took up an apprenticeship as a painter and decorator on leaving school at … Continue reading Tommy Sinden
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Discover Tommy Sinden in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. Among the pieces gathered here are “Large Ships at The Strand”, each adding its own detail to the story.
Large Ships at The Strand
Less than fifty years ago large coasters were coming right up into the Strand and unloading timber and other cargo. This picture shows the Tubo’, a Dutch vessel, unloading a cargo of timber for Thomas Hinds & Sons whose Timber Yard was where Strand Court Senior Citizens Residence stands today.