Monthly Archives: June, 2015
Cemetery is ‘utter disgrace’
Rye's cemetery is an 'utter disgrace' says a local widow, and CFAiR (the Campaign for action in Rye) has agreed to make the overgrown and neglected cemetery a priority. Rother's neglect of the cemetery has been in the news before, with headstones moved without warning and the site littered with broken trees. A shocked Dan Lake reports on how it looked as though it has been hit by a hurricane after visiting a family grave last week
Parents’ parking row
Inconsiderate and dangerous parking by parents at Winchelsea's primary school is driving residents to distraction - they can't drive anywhere else because parents are blocking the roads!
Hospital fete promises fun
Take a donkey ride or indulge in 'Vintage Teas' at your local Hospital Fete on July 13 at 2pm. Lots of other attractions including 'Splat the Rat'!
Casting light on two towns
A tale of two towns. One with beacon blazing, the other in the dark. One munches through a street party, the other has 'no appetite'. A first hand account from John Spencer of how Winchelsea celebrated, and an explanation from Charles Harkness of why Rye did not
Acting Up opens house
"Acting up in Rye"now has the home it always wanted by opening a new space for production preparations
Not so secret gardens revealed
Eleven gardens and an allotment in Winchelsea opened for National Garden Scheme open day on Saturday 6 June and to support ARRCC on the following Monday.
Tempest hits Winchelsea
Outdoor Shakespeare returns to the Ancient Town on June 20, when 'The Tempest' will be performed in the grounds of St Thomas' School
Where waste is not wasted
Continuing pressure on waste collectors to recycle as much as possible can mean changes to when and how bins (or sacks) are collected. Also Rother Council have just introduced more changes from June 1. But what happens to the waste collected from our black bins which can not be recycled? Anthony Kimber reports from one site where waste turns into power for our homes