Hugh is Down but Not Out Hugh Sutton’s well loved little shop on the Winchelsea Beach road, was all but demolished by a car that drove into the side and out through the back at 12.30 am on Tuesday morning. Stock and shelving was destroyed and the building itself was left in danger of collapsing … Continue reading Hugh is Open for Business
Tag: Winchelsea
Winchelsea 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 “Cinque Ports Nonsense”, “Piracy and the Cinque Ports”, “Bonfire Boys Christmas Collection”, “Monument”, and “Hugh is Open for Business”, 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.
Road Rage at Winchelsea
Appeal for motorcyclist witnesses to Winchelsea road rage collision Police are appealing for witnesses particularly two motorcyclists who may have seen a road rage collision on the A259 at Winchelsea. On Sunday 31 July at around 2.20pm a collision happened on the A259 Winchelsea on Tanyard Lane near to the junction of Strand Hill. This … Continue reading Road Rage at Winchelsea
Living On The Marsh
By Jimper WATER Living as I did, and still do on the marsh, one could not go further than two hundred yards without coming into contact with it. Water was all around one; the sea to the south and the River Brede to the north being the two largest obstacles to keep we kids in … Continue reading Living On The Marsh
Monument
By Jimper The marshland around Rye when under the sea was the highway to Winchelsea and England. Naturally the soil was full of old rubbish, lost at sea in those days.
Another Flood Alert for Rye
Tillingham & Brede River Flood Alert A flood Alert was issued by the Environment Agency at 3.05 pm (Today) Sunday 3 January 2016 for the
Rye Bay West Keddle Nets
Part One BY JIMPER SUTTON The Kettle, Kiddle or Keddle net as it is known around the Rye Bay area, is a very large trap type of net used around the coasts of Britain up to the end of the last century. It was used in … Continue reading Rye Bay West Keddle Nets
Northfleet Disaster
History in a Church Yard near you. By Eric Streeton. 287 Lost in Shipping Disaster at Dungeness Approximately 15 years ago I was given an old Guide Book for Rye and Winchelsea which was printed at the start of the last century.
Jimper’s Early Years Part Two
We youngsters turned our hands to anything for a bob, from killing rabbits to catching butterflies. There is nothing more different than a butterfly from a kicking bunny. Next door to us is now a pair of houses, but in those days it was two acres of market garden run by an old man who … Continue reading Jimper’s Early Years Part Two
Cinque Ports Nonsense
By Jim Hollands “What is all this Cinque Ports nonsense” I was asked by an old ‘Cockney’ gentleman the other day. “Not half as complicated as the origins of the old ‘cockney’ tradition of sewing hundreds of buttons on jackets, trousers and hats.” was all I could think of as a reply.
The Dial High Street
The Pubs of Rye no. 5,by David Russell. The most noted landlord of this public house was Stephen Gilbert Fryman. He first came to light in 1824 when he purchased the Bridge Inn, Winchelsea for £60, and sold it two years later for £116 making a handsome profit. But whether he held the licence as … Continue reading The Dial High Street