SAP 201 Returns “Rye’s Own” is making a film about a Famous Rye Fire Appliance and the men who served with her. This is just a short sequence showing the old pump’s return to Rye after almost 50 years away from the Ancient Town she served so well in the 1960’s and early 70’s. … Continue reading An Old Friend Returns to Rye
Tag: Yorkshire
Discover Yorkshire in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “Bring back Trolleybuses in Hastings.”, “Paperwork on Parade”, and “An Old Friend Returns to Rye”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. The archive leaves room for eyewitness detail, strong opinions and the affectionate hindsight that gives Rye’s Own its particular flavour.
100 Years of Hastings Postcards
There is every chance that the postcard you send home from your holiday in Abergavenny or York started life right here in Sussex. Because since 1902 Hastings has been the home of Judges, one of Britain’s leading publishers of quality picture postcards.
Bring back Trolleybuses in Hastings.
Ion Castro of the Hastings Trolleybus Restoration Group explains why.
Paperwork on Parade
Paper on Parade The work of GEOFFREY BAGLEY from 1930 – 1945 Born in Pontefract, Yorkshire in 1901. Died in Rye in 1992