By Maggie George (illustration, Mike Hall) Like many people, I find it so satisfying at the end of a hard day to be able to come in from the cold winter chill and settle in front of the television. I love to watch my favourite programmes which I’ve recorded and promised myself I’d catch up … Continue reading Herman Remote Controlled
Tag: World War One
Revisit World War One through the pages of Rye’s Own, where reports, recollections and photographs preserve the occasion from more than one angle. Stories such as “The Sara Colebrooke Saga”, “The Visit By Eric Streeton”, and “Herman Remote Controlled” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.
The Visit By Eric Streeton
As many of you know I have always had an interest in local and family history. I felt that the November magazine was the most appropriate time for me to produce this article..
The Lady Who Lived on the Hill
By Frank Palmer The name Lady Maud Warrender crops up in Rye history during the earlier part of the 20th. century, known for her fine contralto voice, and much in demand to sing at local concerts; as well as her connections with the good and the great throughout the land.
The Sara Colebrooke Saga
The Sara Colebrooke Saga By Tony Bridgland Browsing through your June 2004 issue whilst in the doctor’s waiting-room, I came across two separate articles which dovetailed together to be of particular interest to me. One was “The Amazing Story of a Rye Shipyard” and the other, by Arthur Woodgate, told how the coaster ‘Sara Colebrooke’ … Continue reading The Sara Colebrooke Saga