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Rye, Mermaid Street 1901
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This cobbled street is one of the best known in this compact town, which preserves its medieval street plan almost intact. The three-gabled house on the right, Hartshorne House or the Old Hospital, 15th-century and 1576, was described in 1863 as 'an unsightly pile of wood and plaster too dilapidated to allow the lowest to find shelter beneath its roof'. By 1888 it had been carefully restored to its present state. This view gives a good idea of the quality of the town's houses and why it is so popular with tourists. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

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I used to come to Rye regularly in the 1960s, as my father had been stationed in Winchelsea for part of the war. We often made the journey from Surrey on a Bank Holiday, which was always very busy. Little did I dream then that I would actually come to live and work in the town. I was based in Iden and Playden in the 1990s and after 18 years as a vicar in Bexhill, I returned to become the Rector of St Mary's Church. Fabulous place to visit, and it's great to live here too!
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Added 22 March 2012

Brazies Of Rye
My ancestors are the Braziers from Rye and were coal merchants and wool staplers. We often visit the town especially around Landgate where they once lived. Many Braziers are buried in the All Saints and St Mary's Parish Church and I wonder if any Braziers still live in the town?
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Rye Grammar School
I have a great-grandfather and several of his brothers who went to this grammar school in the 1830s and 1840s and they all had very nice writing with perfect copperplate. So maybe the severity on the outside was reflected in the teaching on the inside. My great-grandfather wrote with a quill pen on paper and I wonder whether anyone knows whether he used a quill at school. He knew a lot about New Zealand before he ...see more
Rye, Old Grammar School 1903
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Added 30 November 2009

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.
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