Monthly Archives: June, 2015
World Champion defends title
Despite some anxious moments, Rye tennis coach and the British team battle through in France to reach the final of the veterans World Tennis Championships
Celebrating 80 years of trading
A celebrity chef and an exclusively brewed bitter are among the ways our local supermarket Jempson's is celebrating an 80th anniversary
When new is old and old new
When old Winchelsea got washed away a new Winchelsea was needed and, as in many towns, people meant pubs and the newest pub was called the New Inn (though actually it's very old, but not as old as it could be as it was rebuilt nearly 300 years ago). And, according to an old newspaper, Winchelsea attracted a "swell". Read on for the latest edition of our 'Beer and Skittles' series
Midsummer festival lights up
Northiam Bonfire Society will be lighting up the sky over the weekend of June 20/21 with a Midsummer Festival. Saturday includes a dog show in the day and a BBQ and music in the evening and Sunday will host a Boot Fair with refreshments. There will be a beer festival in 'The Highwayman's Inn' both days. Simon Merrick reports
Garden Safari chases sunshine
Northiam's Garden Safari in aid of the Bonfire Society caught the sun after rain caused the event to be cancelled a week before. Karen Ayling reports
Not making a clean cut
Winchelsea residents continue to despair about East Sussex County Council's verge contractors.
Time to toast the Iron Duke
Did you know the 'Iron Duke' had connections with Rye - both as an MP and as Lord Warden ? Celebrate the centenary of the Battle of Waterloo on June 18 and learn more about Wellington here from Andy Stuart