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Present is now in the Past
When you were a short of a gift idea or needed a card, something a bit arty, you could stroll into Past & Present in Rye's High Street. That's no longer an option. The Holmans - Margaret and Derick - have sold up, and finally, after years of promising to do so, retired to their roots - somewhere in East Anglia
Michael’s long walk home
A local man has written about his experiences under the Nazis, enduring terrible hardships as a Prisoner of War, but surviving the "long walk" in below freezing conditions with little food and making it home to marry his sweetheart
A grinder comes to Rye
In the 9th in his series of Beer & Skittles columns, David Russell retells the story of the noble organ grinder who stayed at the Crown
Bikers and bogies head to Hastings
Mayday! Mayday! Giants, bogies, clog and Morris dancers, drummers, sweeps and May Queens collide with thousands of bikers on Bank Holiday Monday at the end of Hastings' busy weekend. But you should feel quite at home as the residents take advantage of the Jack in Green festival to revel, frolic and of course dress up from very early Friday onwards. But the bikers are coming too - in their thousands
Higher safety rail for tower
The best views of Rye, tourists are told, are from the top of St Mary's tower. Up to 20,000 visitors a year pay to go up and this helps maintain the historic Norman church. But the church still needs Friends, who will be taking steps shortly to make visitors safer, as Anthony Kimber reports
Prams and progress at Love Lane
In the first in a new series of interviews, Ryers Unwrapped, Dee Alsey explores the developments at the new nursery and primary school - and finds that parents and volunteers have a great part to play in furthering the education of children of all ages
Kino wins townscape award
As Rye Conservation Society announces its award for a major contribution to the townscape, the symbolic brick goes to Fletcher in Rye CIC for its successful completion of the Kino Digital project
Mayor to open John Ryan garden
A scruffy overgrown triangle of ground outside Rye railway station has been transformed into an attractive haven of rest in memory of local author and artist John Ryan
An evening with the hop pickers
In part eight of his series, Beer & Skittles, author David Russell highlights a group of heavy-drinking 'hoppers' who relax with more than a pint at The Bedford Arms in Fishmarket Road, Rye. The scene is almost 150 years ago and strangest among the drinkers is 'Frenchey' who isn't all he seems to be