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Home Sweet Home
I lived in Rye till i was 11. I still class it as home even though Im 30 now and I miss the place like crazy. Maybe one day I will convince my other half to bring me home.
Contributed by kerry sherwood
ancestory
I have just discovered that my great great great grandparents came from Rye so could anyone tell me if a place called Fishers House still exists, and also what a farm baliff was expected to do, or what kind of job did a fly catcher do? Are any family called Wenham still living in Rye?
Contributed by shirley marshall
East Sussex memories
Home Sweet Home
I lived in Rye till i was 11. I still class it as home even though Im 30 now and I miss the place like crazy. Maybe one day I will convince my other half to bring me home.
A memory of Rye contributed by kerry sherwood
ancestory
I have just discovered that my great great great grandparents came from Rye so could anyone tell me if a place called Fishers House still exists, and also what a farm baliff was expected to do, or what kind of job did a fly catcher do? Are any family called Wenham still living in Rye?
A memory of Rye contributed by shirley marshall
Extracts From Rye & East Sussex books
Before 1902, Bexhill was
governed by an Urban
District Council. However,
with the rapid growth of
the resort, it acquired
borough status; its area
extended from Pevensey
Sluice to Bulverhythe.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".
Band performances were held mostly at the Colonnade after it was
opened in 1911. Popular tunes of the day were played by resident and
visiting bands to amuse the visitors, who lounged in the surrounding
deckchairs. On Sundays there would be a programme of sacred music.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".
The coastal scenery around
Bexhill may not be the most
spectacular along the
southern coast of England,
but it does offer many
pleasant walks - beneficial
to those who come to the
area for health reasons.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".
This rare photograph shows the interior of the convalescent home at the end of Queen Victoria’s reign. The
opening of this home gave the developing town of Bexhill a great boost as a leading health resort.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".
Bexhill’s ancient manor house was a retreat for
the Bishops of Chichester in the Middle Ages,
before passing into the ownership of several
notable English families such as the Dorsets
and Brooks. At the time this photograph was
taken it was in the possession of Viscount
Cantelupe, heir to the Earldom of De La Warr.
An extract from from"Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories".