Monthly Archives: August, 2014

Two art exhibitons in Rye have ended after a very successful summer season with record sales

All Rye's problems could be solved by outsourcing all its services, and giving the Town Council a long and much deserved rest. Or so the Rye Shakespeare Company would have us believe. Ray Prewer and Seana Lanigan "disnae" believe this is the solution but will the Neighbourhood Plan have to be rewritten?

This Friday the artist Djibo will be exhibiting his vibrant and exotic work to raise money for charity at one of Rye's loveliest shops providing an appropriately chic backdrop for Djibo's African based work. The proceeds will go to help children... and there's free fizz as well

After a long run of defeats since early July, Rye's 1st Xl learnt from those hard lessons and Craig Pierce's bowling hammered Henfield on the Salts, moving Rye closer to their mid-table end of season target. Martin Blincow reports

The first auditions for Acting Up in Rye's christmas pantomime took place at the Queens Head on Wednesday August 20 and Old Mother Hubbard herself would have been proud. With a clutch of enthusiastic thespians and a witty script that leaves no entendre undoubled, the group enjoyed a most productive evening that will be repeated at the second audition night on Tuesday August 26

There will be theatrical mayhem by the Ypres tower at the weekend when the Rye Shakespeare Company takes to the green

While they can't call a halt to the August harvest, cricket captains might be tempted to ban weddings. Rye 1st XI went to Portslade with a team much diminished by these events - and the 2nds went from high hopes to a whimper at home

The Rye Show at Lea Barn Farm, attended by around 2,000 people, quite a few horses, dogs, birds of prey and a blacksmith (but no sheep), raised at least £8,000 for the local hospital - even the Red Arrows flew over for a look

Jumbo the bus - so called because of his V747...

Chocolate box Rye. Cobbles, ancient houses, narrow streets. But, argues one of our readers, some parts are the worse for wear. Here, in the first of three articles, he highlights a problem that courses through the town's heart: the lanes and roads themselves

Of the 400,000 people in the UK who suffer from type 1 diabetes, 29,000 are children. The mother of a teenage sufferer talked to members of The Rye and Winchelsea Rotary club, who are helping fund research to find a cure

Have you noticed any lights on during the day?...