By Jim Hollands Who were the driving forces in the town fifty years ago? Who were in power at Rye Town Hall in the 1960’s? What was it like to live in a democratic Rye that ran its own affairs and was responsible for its own planning? 1965 and 66 were great years for Rye. … Continue reading All Our Yesteryears
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Town Salts 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 “All Our Yesteryears”, “A Rye Childhood”, and “The Landgate In Old Times”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
A Rye Childhood
By Noel C. A. Care This personal account of life and times in the town of Rye, East Sussex, is written some seventy five years later, from memories which are still as bright now as the day they occurred.
The Landgate In Old Times
J. L. DEACON F. R. Hist. S. printed the first edition his his amazing “Ancient Rye” early in the 20th. century, the fifth edition hit the bookstands in 1927 and contains this great picture of the Landgate in Georgian times.
Rye Fire Pump
Old Rye Fire Pump This old horse drawn steam water pump, photographed in his youth by Mike Whiteman, seems to be an appliance belonging to Rye Fire Brigade. Can any of our readers throw more light on the subject. What was the date it was introduced? Over what period was it used?. And who are … Continue reading Rye Fire Pump