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Admirers of Patrick Osborne's redevelopment of the Regent Cinema site into the Regent Square houses and a terrace of shops are in good company. East Sussex County Council have asked the scheme's designers, A & M Architectural Services of St Leonards, to enter it for a Civic Trust award, and the details will go before a panel of top architectural assessors to be looked at as "a contribution to the quality and appearance of townscape or landscape". Entries for these awards, made every second year, come from all over the British Isles, and both Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and A & M (for whom this is a "first") are very pleased indeed to be included. The awards are made in November; with luck, we might carry a further report then.
Three of the young people involved in last week's car accident on the back road to Hastings are on the mend. Clive Cotteral of Udimore Road is having to wait for his collar-bone to heal itself; Robert Small of Ferry Road is feeling better after needing eleven stitches as a result of going through the back window of the car; and Suzanne Quirk, whose family lives in Udimore Road, got out of the debris with only minor damage, we hear. Condolences, though, to the fourth occupant of the car, Matthew Lyward of Stone, whose parents have the art shop by the Landgate; Matthew is, we understand, in RESH with a broken leg. The accident silenced phones for three miles round, so the victims were lucky to be helped by a passing motorist who drove on and summoned help. They are also, says Clive, lucky to be alive at all in view of what happened to the car...
Rye WI did very well at the Group Craft Show at the FE Centre on Saturday, winning the Silver Rose Bowl for the co-operative class, the Silver Cup for the most marks overall in Class I (craft section) and the Pottery Vase for the highest average marks in Class I. Beckley gained the Imari Plate for the highest average marks in the art section, and also the Pottery Cup for the highest number of gold stars - a total of 9, one for every third exhibit and a very high proportion indeed, says Mrs. Phyllis Smith of Ferry Road who runs this most enjoyable and instructive annual event. Judges were from County, and included the County Craft Chairman who presented the awards.
There were plenty of visitors to the show - after judging, the exhibits were arranged for display by Mrs. Morren of Rye Harbour and her helpers. There was a blue group, a gingham group, lots of paintings and collages (one member had embroidered and "collaged" a picture of her own house). Dried flowers and pewter work caught the eye, though the WI classics of knitting, embroidery and dressmaking provided the bulk of the show.
The co-operative entries in the second room were, of course, also staged by the Institutes concerned, and this year each chose a month. Four picked February: Rye (133 points) saw it as young green growth emerging from the snow; Iden's (129) was full of scarlet valentine hearts, while Peasmarsh's (126) valentines were pink, and Rye Harbour (129) saw the month as stark black and white. Playden had a snug December fireside scene (131), Udimore (also 131) shared second place for their charming May, and Beckley's April (123) was bright with daffodils and a swallow mobile. Congratulations to all concerned with this delightful show!
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Mrs. Gladys Mary Kinsella, of South Undercliff, has died in St. Helen's Hospital after several months of illness. Mrs. Kinsella, nee Jeffery, was born in Rye in 1901, and returned here some 14 years ago; she was a keen member of Rye WI and Secretary of the WI Market in its early days, as well as being one of the regular helpers with the Group's Home Economics Show. She leaves children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The funeral took place on Friday.
Mrs. Ethel Dengate, who died in Hastings recently at the age of 96, was (says Peter Ewart) one of Rye's remaining links with its Victorian past. "One of 14 children, she was born Ethel Mary Rhodes in Church Square in 1887, the daughter of William ("Tinker-Billie") and Mary Rhodes. Supposedly the sickly one of her family as a girl, Ethel outlived a whole generation and enjoyed excellent health into old age, and cheerfully recalled the Rye she knew nearly 100 years ago. She vividly remembered the celebrations on the Salts for Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee; scavenging for coal and bark while ships were being leaded at Strand Quay; her mother's sadness when three of Ethel's brothers marched off to serve in the Boer War in 1900. Ten years later she saw her first horseless carriage: it stopped, and she and her brother Ernest were asked the way to Leasam House. She later learnt that she had spoken to King Edward VII. Her father would turn his hand to anything and never shirked a day's work in his life - but liked his pint, she said: "Straight out of the Jolly Sailor and into the police station next door!". She remembered the appalling poverty in many families; the only way out, she learned, was hard work. She went into service at the Hope Anchor at 5/- a week and one half-day off. How strange it felt, adds Mr. Ewart, to listen to someone speaking affectionately of people who were old when she was a girl and had therefore inhabited our town as long ago as the early 1800s!
Readers may like to know that a committee has recently been formed to raise £80,000 to buy an eye laser for the new extension to the Eye Unit at the Royal East Sussex Hospital. Already over £12,000 has been raised (donated or promised) and willing workers are badly needed in the Rye area to help reach the target figure.
Over 22,000 patients are seen at the Unit each year - many from Rye and its nearby villages. 70% of these patients suffer from cataracts and glaucoma. The new eye laser should help these conditions as well as diabetics and patients with retinal detachments and disorders. Its potential is enormous.
Sorry about all these depressing medical details, but they do make the point that a lot of us may need this laser sooner or later. If you can help in any way, please contact Mrs. Jeanne Martin, Avondale Road, St. Leonards.
(We would add that we are not going to make a habit of promoting Hastings appeals in general, but both this one and the St. Augustine's proposals do seem particularly relevant to Rye people.)
A year's work on the Thomas Peacocke School's Wurlitzer organ is to be celebrated in some style on Sunday, 15 April at 2.30. Professional organists Michael Wooldridge and Trevor Bolshaw are giving a Theatre Organ Concert, presented by the Theatre Organ Club of Great Britain, and Nigel Spooner tells us that they will expect visitors from a wide area in The Grove. Tickets are £1.50 (children and OAPs 75p), obtainable from the Eastbourne Mutual Building Society in the High Street.
The school's Wurlitzer came from the Palace Cinema in Tottenham, and was bought for the school in 1958 for £450 (see GAZETTE no 16 for the full story). Perhaps some of those involved in its installation, or who remember when it was first in use, will particularly enjoy being in the audience to hear it after its restoration?
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Rye's St. John Nursing Cadets distinguished themselves again last weekend, when their team came third out of eight in a County competition embracing the whole of Sussex and held at Portslade. Ann Newman brought home a cup for the highest number of points gained by an individual team leader (57 out of 60). With Ann as leader, the team consisted of Jane Clarke, Claire Piper, Astrid Popo and Zena Streeten.
The previous team members who have done so well for Rye in the past are now too old to compete; but Mrs. Marilyn Mitchell, who runs the nursing cadets, tells us that Paula Sams has just been awarded a silver star for 400 hours' duty, the only girl to have achieved this distinction.
Diana Sanders, of Camber and Thomas Peacocke School, is this year's joint winner of the Molly Townsend Cup in the Hastings Festival, for her rendering of "Seal Song" by Granville Bantock in the class for English 20th Century Songs. The class is an open one for all ages, and Diana's co-winner comes from the Isle of Wight.
Diana, who will go to Nottingham Polytechnic in September to study music, was one of the two buskers whose performance in the High Street last summer pleased many passers-by. But the Hastings Festival is a very different matter from the High Street, and we do admire Diana for this success in her first attempt at the White Rock event.
"It is not without sadness that we leave Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. We shall miss the wildlife and the many friendly faces, but it is comforting to know that we are leaving the Reserve in such capable hands. The Reserve remains very much in need of support, and we hope you will all continue to help whenever you can, for it is your support which has meant so much and has helped make the Reserve what it is today - a significant wildlife reserve of national importance.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us during our time at Rye. Events of the past few days have been quite overwhelming, and we are very grateful for the kindness and generosity we have received."
Rye and District Ratepayers and Residents Association AGM was not as well attended as it might have been, for all that the speaker was Ken Warren, MP. Before Mr. Warren's arrival the annual report was studied and amended in some cases with more recent information: for instance, owing to pressure from the Association, Rother has agreed to provide an extra street cleaner during the summer (see back page). No-one seemed happy with the size of the new Tourist Office, about to face its first full season. Various apparently insoluble grumbles were discussed once more, including parking and the inevitable dog fouling. George Shackleton reported on Rother's activities and Duncan Starkey on the Town Council's.
Then Ken Warren arrived, with Mrs. Warren and their small daughter. He told the meeting that he had persuaded the Ministry of Transport to discuss the Rye and Winchelsea bypass routes together, and that he was meeting Mrs. Chalker later this month to talk about this; he wanted to hear from Rye people what they did and did not want, so that he could make our feelings clear to her (write to him at the House of Commons, Westminster, SW1). As for the railway, a recent visit to Thomas Peacocke had shown him how important a link it is for the young; he thought it was safe for the moment and was in favour of letting sleeping dogs lie rather than making a commotion. Speaking of the hospital, he knew of no plans for closing it before the new District Hospital opens (not likely, we seem to remember, for at least ten years); after that, he said, the future of all the small local hospitals in the area would come under discussion, and if we want to keep ours, we must make it clear. Finally, on education, Mr. Warren pointed out that school populations were falling, and that average numbers in both primary and secondary school classes are in fact smaller than they were ten years ago; "the cuts" he said, sometimes took the blame for things which were inevitable anyway.
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Rother has just received a planning application for Rye Harbour which, if it is ever built, will completely alter the character of that village for ever. And the horrifying thing is that the developers already have outline permission, granted by the County Council in the days before such things were solely a matter for Rother. There was enormous local opposition in 1979/80, and we are told that the consent went through on a casting vote from the committee's chairman; but the permission was granted in 1981, and no amount of local protests now can alter that. There is no point in writing to the Planning Officer at Bexhill objecting to the scheme as a whole - it is three years too late.
The developers are Merton Properties Ltd, from Douglas, Isle of Man, and the site lies immediately upstream of Alsfords' wharf, it is 20½ acres, with a 500-yard frontage to the road. The plans divide the site roughly into two sections. Adjoining Alsfords there is a complex of warehouses and industrial units. We couldn't find any sign of the "wharfage" mentioned in the application - the only access to the warehouses seemed to be from the land. Upstream is the marina and housing development. A square of houses, etc, is set cornerwise to the road and encloses a marina; it includes a pub, and a development of seven shops at ground level with a restaurant above and 16 bedrooms on the top floor. There are also two saunas, and accommodation somewhat grandly labelled "Harbour Master"!
The plans specify parking for 567 cars (and that is not a mistyping). There appear to be moorings for over 270 boats. The houses come in six styles - 72 houses and 8 one-bedroom flats - a total, as far as we could reckon, of 220 bedrooms.
(Michael Alford, the Harbour's parish councillor, tells us that the village has at present about 100 houses, not all of them permanently occupied. This might, perhaps, imply 220 inhabitants...)
There is no indication in the plans that the developers - in the context of their 567 parking spaces - are prepared to do anything about the junction of the Rye Harbour Road and the A259, a matter which was certainly discussed at the time of the original application. There is also no detail about the maritime side of the development - which all local interests insist should be carried out before the housing is allowed to be started. For instance, says John Collard, even with a sill between the marina and the river there will be a considerable tidal range in the basin which would mean hinged gangways to allow access to the mooring pontoons - rising perhaps 11' at high tide. (This would presumably also mean some 10' of damp and smelly piling immediately under the balconies at low tide!). There is a lot of pretty tree planting proposed; but as we all know, down at the Harbour it is one thing to plant them, quite another to make them grow.
For those who want to see these plans for themselves - and they will come as a shock - they are available at the Council Offices in Cinque Forts Street.
A recent report to Rother lists the street collections to be allowed in Rye during the rest of this year:
British Red Cross 12 May
Multiple Sclerosis Society 26 May
Arthritis and Rheumatism Council for Research 9 June
Alexandra Rose Day 23 June
Royal National Institute for the Blind 30 June
Rye and Winchelsea RNLI 1 4 July
Rye Sea Cadet Corps 1 September
Royal Air Force Association 15 September
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 10 November
Rye and District Bonfire Society 17 November
Turned down were the Leukaemia Research Fund, the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Dr. Barnardo's, the NSPCC - and something called Aber Rag connected with the University College of Wales!
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A press conference at Rye Police Station yesterday was called to announce that the Chief Constable of Sussex was so pleased with the success of Rye's Crime Alert scheme (see recent GAZETTE reports about falling burglary rates in the town) that he is inviting communities throughout East and West Sussex to join in. Rye's seven community co-ordinators were there to meet the press and have their photographs taken (for the police records?); and there was an interesting discussion about how the scheme was working in Rye, and how it would be likely to work in other rather different places. Our surrounding villages, said one co-ordinator, are getting keen to set up their own schemes - perhaps lest Rye's regular criminals start turning their attentions to its perimeter! One of the reporters raised the possibility of criminal "moles" infiltrating the co-ordinators; the Splendid Seven looked at each other thoughtfully, but decided it was not very likely. Not here, anyway.
Chief Inspector Dyson produced figures about falling burglary rates both here and in America (where the scheme started, though it is on a vigilante basis there which would be quite unacceptable here); one convicted burglar told police that the chief deterrent to his activities was not a dog, not a lock, not even a burglar-alarm - but "that damned neighbourhood crime watch". The police had found unexpected spin-offs from the scheme, particularly over places which were considered by local people to be suspect after dark - often something easily rectified once they knew. The co-ordinators felt they were a useful link for members of the community who would hesitate to go to the police direct; they could also feedback results so that informants felt encouraged. "We want" said David Manktelow, of the original Cadborough scheme, "to be able to be neighbours again, as we were when I was a boy."
As for the falling crime figures, the police had expected crimes to stay the same but detection rates to be higher because of the scheme - what had in fact happened was that the number of crimes had fallen because publicity had scared off the villains. The point was made, yet again, that 999 is the first line of defence, and no-one should fear making a fool of themselves over this however frail their suspicions; indeed, the spokesman from HQ said that 999 calls had led to 100 arrests in Sussex in the past six months. The fluorescent marker kits were referred to - also a deterrent to a thief who will not know whether or where an article has been marked.
(And it was nice that Jo Kirkham was able to slip in before the end of the conference; it all started in a Cheshire village, and it was her Cheshire local paper that led to the scheme starting in Rye and hence, now, throughout Sussex.)
Just opened at the Hamilton Galleries in Cinque Ports Street is an exhibition of work by Elaine Epps. A Sussex artist, Elaine is showing a number of very attractive watercolours of the county, some charming delicate paintings of wildflowers, and a group of limited-edition screenprints - some of the latter spring from holiday trips abroad, and particularly striking is the large print of Poseidon's Temple, which seems to contain all the warmth of the Mediterranean without the sun-tan oil! The exhibition runs only until 14 April, so don't miss it.
Last week's Rother committee gave permission for additions to the ESCC depot in Winchelsea Road, for tile-cladding to two houses in Tower Street, for a porch in Marley Road and for moving a fence and gate in Hylands Yard. The proposed dental surgery at Wall Cottage and the summerhouse behind Burnhams are due for approval if there were no objections by 29 March. Refusals went to the caravan at the far end of New Winchelsea Road; to the proposal for car sales and storage in Winchelsea Road; and to the plans for Woolworths. The chain-store's application for an illuminated sign was inevitably rejected; but so were the rest of the plans for the new frontage, the Planning Officer suggesting to the committee that instead of altering the newly acquired no. 30 to match the main shop, the basic frontage should be altered to match the smaller Georgian shop! (This week, an extension in New Road, and a non-illuminated hanging sign for James Kimber in the High Street.)
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This is an odd sort of musical, despite Sir Peter's Hall's description of it as a masterpiece: no really memorable tunes, not much plot, understated romance and a very down-to-earth setting. Given all that, the Thomas Peacocke School production by David Gaunt did a remarkably good job!
There was a huge cast - a young one, too, with many members still in the fourth and fifth years, which bodes well for future school productions. More boys than girls, and an almost unending line of gangsters filing through the audience towards the Mission Hall. We had heard grumbles that the girls had lost out on this one, but the balance was amply redressed at the beginning of the second act with what must have been the first mass striptease ever seen on the school stage! And the two leading ladies certainly made their mark. Jo Simpkins as Miss Adelaide "the well-known fiancée" with a psychosomatic sniffle, was tough and sad and sassy by turns, and thoroughly believable; Sarah Whiddett played Sarah Brown of the Salvation Army for contrast, as a thoroughly nice girl beginning to enjoy being led astray. Zoe Bouras, too, was excellent as General Matilda B. Cartwright. All the gangsters wore suits and hats, and it took a little time to sort them out - even to differentiate Stephen Hunt's cop complete with mackintosh. Andrew Starling as Nathan Detroit, the bedevilled businessman, and Grant Kempton as Sky Masterson, his converted client, provided the male half of the love interest; Edwin Donald made a creditable attempt to convince us he was Sarah's grandfather. The only complaint can be that both the guys and the dolls looked much too fresh-faced for such squalid surroundings!
The sets were suitably sleazy, both indoors and cut, and the vivid Salvation Army uniforms provided a much-needed touch of colour. There was a most professional orchestra, under the direction (as was all the music) of Lois Benton; among the players were friends from outside as well as school pupils of all ages. (But, next time, could someone shade the conductor's light from the eyes of the balcony audience?)
Thomas Peacocke PTA would be very glad to hear from anyone (of either sex) living in or near Rye - probably but not necessarily a parent - who would be willing to give a hand with running the Lower School tuck-shop. This is open during morning break and sells crisps, etc. It is staffed by PTA helpers, sometimes with their own children as back-up, sometimes with another adult, sometimes on their own; and it involves about half-an-hour's work from 10.30 to 11 on one day a week.
The team inevitably loses members as their children move across to Upper School, and it is a big help if newcomers can overlap, acting as assistants to begin with until they can cope on their own. So new blood is really needed next term rather than in September. Ideally, they aim for five regular helpers plus a couple of reserves. Mrs. Bruce is the organiser; please contact her if you might be able to help. Profits from the tuck-shop go towards buying things for
Lower School: most of the lockers came this way, and the music centre also owes a lot to crisp-eaters.
Those who remember Richard Coleman as Head Boy at the Secondary Modern School, at about the time when Rye went comprehensive, will be very pleased to hear that he is now the Deputy Secretary of the Royal Fine Arts Commission, with offices in the Mall, and a job that takes him all over the country to advise property-owners on architectural matters.
Son of Fred and Alice Coleman of Iden, Richard (now 32) was a pupil of John Bannister at Playden School, and then at the Secondary Modern under Mr. Rothwell. After a construction course at Hastings College, he worked for the D o H at Hastings as a student assistant architect and was then sponsored for a 7-year course at Canterbury Architectural College; on qualifying as an architect, he worked for the D o E at Folkestone. Quite recently he saw the Royal Fine Arts Commission job advertised, applied, and after a series of interviews - bingo! Richard, his wife Penny and three small children share a large house at Chartham with one of his tutors from Canterbury, his partner in a small architectural practice run from home.
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Work will soon be starting again on the lettered panels in the Town Hall. When the redecoration was originally planned, Ron Peters offered to rewrite the panels in his own time, an offer gratefully accepted by the Town Council; Michael Renton was to set the style and letter the first panel, and then Mr. Peters would carry on. However, it was not that simple. Mr. Peters and Mr. Renton both found themselves with a number of other commitments, and it was difficult to fit in the work between the Courts and other events which take place in the Town Hall.
There has been some comment in the town on the slow progress, and now the Town Council is to employ a full-time sign-writer, Howard Arkill of Beckley, to complete the panels. To get round the difficulty of constant interruptions, Mr. Arkill will do most of the work not directly on to the wall but on to thin panels which can, when completed, be glued into place. Ralph Wood, who devised and supervised the redecoration, is not entirely happy with such a prefab solution, but it does seem to be the only answer. Mr. Arkill expects to do, in situ, the remaining panels on the far wall during the next six weeks, and then to continue in his workshop at home. The cost will come from the Town Council's general account. It will certainly be pleasant to have our Mayors back!
For the record: a few weeks ago, the Town Hall's coat of arms, which has been undergoing restoration for the last two years in the skilled hands of Mr. Don Kimber at Bexhill, was triumphantly replaced in its old position and new splendour above the Magistrates' Bench.
The Annual Report of the Parish of Rye, to be presented at St. Mary's Annual Church Meeting on Tuesday at the Town Hall at 7.30, gives a very complete picture of what has been done to, in and around the church in 1983. The bell- ringers could do with reinforcements so that the bells could ring for morning service on Sunday instead of just alternate Sunday evenings. There are reports on the Sunday School, the Choir, the Flower Guild, on various ecumenical and other events during the year. The agenda for the meeting allows time for asking questions and for raising matters of parochial or general Church interest. All the 138 people on the electoral roll are entitled to attend and to vote for PCC members etc. (We wonder how many other churches there can be which in a given year have just 12 weddings and 21 baptisms - and 18,000 visitors' signatures!)
The Peace and Plenty at Playden has reached the last eight of the inter-pub league - a quiz contest between Fremlins' houses in Kent, Sussex and Surrey - not really surprising, perhaps, since five members of the six-strong team are teachers. Thomas Peacocke School has supplied Barry Fuller, Frances Paintin, Gil Wright, Paul Bishop and Michael White; the sixth is Mark Sharratt, from Hastings. The quarterfinals were to take place last night; if the "school team" gets past that, we hope to tell you.
One morning last October, Mr. Douglas Hallett's car went off the road between Rye and Winchelsea and ended up in the dyke. Mr. Hallett might well have been drowned but for the prompt action of two local builders who were passing, saw the accident and rescued him. Now Mr. Edward Harris of Pett and Mr. Raymond Noble of Sandhurst are to be presented with Royal Humane Society Certificates by the Mayor, Councillor W.H. Simpson, at the Town Hall on Monday evening. It is, we think, the second time that Councillor Simpson has had such a pleasant ceremony to perform during his Mayoralty.
Does anyone have a photograph of the Grammar School children assembling at Rye station for the train to Bedford at the start of the school's evacuation? It would be of interest at the Bedford Reunion on 12 May.
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Thursday, 5th Christian Lunch Club, CC, 12.30
Friday, 6th Vidler & Co's monthly auction sale, 10
Tuesday, 10th St Mary's Annual Parish Meeting, Town Hall, 7.30
Wednesday, 11th Over-60s Club, Red Cross, 1.45
Rye WI, "English Cheeses", FEC, 7
National Trust, "Ancient Monuments of Kent and Sussex" (J G Coad) - CC, 7.30
• Apparently there is nothing happening in Rye on Saturday, so we would mention that Greyfriars League of Friends have a coffee morning at the Home at 10.30, and Hill House League of Friends have a jumble sale at Playden WI Hall at 2.
• Congratulations to Mrs Mildred Ellis, of Ferry Road, who was 90 yesterday. Mrs. Ellis, the widow of Will - the eldest of the Ellis brothers so much a part of Rye - has three children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and there was a family celebration at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ashby of Peasmarsh. (Any more nonagenarians coming up? Do tell us. 80th birthdays onwards are welcome news to the GAZETTE.)
• Congratulations, too, to Sarah and David Mitchell of Bristol on the arrival of Anna (7 lbs 2 ozs) on 28 March - a first grandchild for Anne and Ralph Wood.
• We are sorry to hear that Miss Sybil Oliver of New Winchelsea Road is still in hospital and has recently undergone an operation; she is now in Ward 9, at St. Helen's.
• Rother Council is advertising for an extra road sweeper to work in Rye from 30 April to 30 September; call at the Council Offices for details.
• British Rail warn of complicated travel westwards on Saturday and Sunday, with no trains between Bexhill and Hampden Park because of track repairs. Buses from Bexhill to Polegate, for trains to Brighton, Victoria and Eastbourne, may mean delays of up to 30 minutes.
• The start of the Camber-Brighton bus service has been delayed until 15 April; and still, no-one seems to be able to say what the fare will be:
• Friends who have been remarking unkindly on the cloistered life led by the editorial moped may yet have a surprise coming! But another less-than-intrepid middle-aged lady has finally decided that two wheels are not for her, and so her Yamaha Passola is for sale to someone braver - ring Rye 222727.
• In future Rye British Legion (Women's Section) meetings will take place in the FE Centre - because, now with over 100 members, they have simply outgrown the Red Cross room. (We hear that the BL Club now admits women members.) The next Women's Section meeting, normally on the fourth Monday of the month, will be on 30 April, since 23 April is a bank holiday.
• St. Mary's Tuesday Club will meet next Tuesday (17th) instead of this week, at the Rectory for a playreading of "The White Sheep of the Family"
• We are asked to mention an exhibition to be held over Easter at London's Camden Arts Centre. Work given by artists from all over the country, famous names among them, is to be sold in aid of the Pamela Nash Dialysis Memorial Fund. Private view, 18 April at 7 pm; the exhibition continues until 24 April.
• The Catholic Church jumble sale on 24 March raised over £70.
THE RYE GAZETTE is. registered as a newspaper with the Post Office, and published by Mrs. Mary Owen, 94 Udimore Road, Rye (Rye 222303). News items for inclusion are always welcome - deadline Monday afternoon, Tuesday 9 am for emergencies. The GAZETTE costs 25p weekly, and is delivered to subscribers and pick-up points on Wednesday; extra copies and back numbers can be ordered from 94 Udimore Road, while a few spare copies are available at Squirrels, 9-13 Cinque Ports Street, Rye. (Copyright Mary Owen 1984)