Monthly Archives: March, 2015

The Vidler family have played a prominent role in the town's history for centuries. Peter Ewart will give a talk at the East Street museum about this fascinating family on March 10

Nick Taylor provides our lead in this month’s 'Fixtures' magazine, which is delivered to local homes by Adams of Rye. This is one of two features Taylor has written on local owls with photos by Dr Barry Yates, manager of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. For a full list of content in this month’s taster print edition – with hyperlinks - read on . . .

Tilling Green's old school is being replaced with 30 new homes and a new community centre. But while the community grows, with Valley Park eventually adding another 161 homes, the proposed new centre is shrinking. Current plans leave the community with about a third of the space it currently has, while the Rye Partnership takes over half the building. Alternatives are being proposed - and questions asked

The scallop wheelbarrow race, organised by the Ship Inn on...

Icklesham Casuals 2nd football team picked up a point...

The old school site in Tilling Green is being redeveloped, and the old building is now used as a community centre, run by the Rye Partnership. But current plans include 30 homes (in addition to the 161 in nearby Valley Park) plus a new centre, around a third smaller - and half of that will be taken over by the Partnership. John Wylie's Opinion is what is left is inadequate and unsustainable as a centre, and proposes that alternatives should be considered, and residents involved.

Fairtrade Fortnight is intended to help third world producers to get a fair price for their produce, but most local retailers didn't get the message.

The George is hosting a Wedding Open Day on Sunday March 8 with wonderful wedding suppliers together with local registrars and their own events team to give advice.

This week's featured film showing at the Rye Community Centre Film Club, Conduit Hill, on Friday March 6 is 'Mr Turner' (pictured above), a glorious film that explores the last quarter century of the life of eccentric painter JMW Turner. Read on for reviews and links to trailers

A recent talk at Rye Club highlighted the problems of homelessness in Hastings and the steps being taken to help those involved by Seaview Project

Come and celebrate Commonwealth Day and hear a message from HM the Queen, on March 9 at the town hall. Join in locally and nationally to share in raising the Commonwealth flag

Supporters of a 38 Degrees action day met with a big response in Rye - hundreds signed a petition calling on parliamentary candidates to pledge that they would stop further privatisation of the NHS