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Fun day on Tilling Green
There will be fun in the sun on a Sunday at the Tilling Green Summer Fete which is being organised by both Tilling Green Residents Association and Ferry Road Nursery. Read Donna Lake's preview here
Queen honours Rae and Mary
Celebrations are in order for Mary Howse and Rae Festing, who have been awarded BEMs in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Andy Stuart reflects on two women whose work has enriched the lives of so many
Strumming away at the fete!
Crowds flocked to the Rye, Winchelsea and District Hospital Fete on June 13. Attractions included boxing, ukuleles and rat splatting
Hospice adds life to days
Hospices may not be able to add days to life, but they can add life to days. Hospice care today means much more than just providing a bed for the terminally ill, and includes treating the whole person holistically rather than just seeking to alleviate the symptoms of disease
Camber’s Seventh-day Adventists
This year's Seventh-Day Adventist South England Conference in Camber...
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
