Every week thousands of people get an email from Rye News with details in this week’s paper. A lot go to locals in Rye and East Sussex, the weekly reminder to check out Rye’s local paper to see what’s been happening in town and find out who’s saying what about whom.
A good chunk of this email dispatch goes abroad, and often we get replies from people commenting on a story or sharing a memory even when they’re reading Rye News in far away places. We’ve published a few recently too, from Canada and Australia – but we’d like to share more with our readers.
So if you’re reading Rye News in a far away country, get in touch. What’s your connection with Rye? Why is Rye so special to you? What do you love about our town and what do you miss when you’re back home?
You could be an expat living in New Zealand, a local working in South Africa, a Rye retiree now living in the Caribbean, or anywhere really. Azerbaijan? Angola? Surinam? Sweden? Tuvalu? Tibet?
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Greetings from the centre of Canada!
My grandmother and grandfather both emigrated from Rye separately then met up and married here in Manitoba.(I suspect they knew each other back home) My grandmother, Dorothy Stoneham was a maid at the Mermaid Inn and my grandfather, Nelson Banister was a shoemaker. I have had the opportunity to visit Rye twice in recent years and found several Banister grave markers in the cemetery. Helena and Lawrence Hudd were very helpful in showing us around. We hope to visit again soon.
I enjoy reading the Rye News each week.
Ronald Banister
Rick Boston (Bozz)
Greetings from South Australia.
Hailed from Pett and attended Rye Grammar School until 1968. Loved exploring Rye and discovered the odd Ale House when in Sixth Form! Studied in Reigate and Brighton colleges while doing an Apprenticeship with Mullards in Salford. Couldn’t see much of a future for me in UK and, looking for adventure, found a cabin on a Cruise Ship going for 10 pounds so took it and ended up in Australia! Love reading about Rye and intrigued by all the problems you face are paralleled here in Australia. Too late to take a trip back now and I have never regretted my move.
Rick Boston
Hi From Vietnam,
We spent over 10 years in Camber, having two children in the process. We left in 2018 to work in Italy, followed by Thailand and most recently Vietnam. Each year we come back to East Sussex and spend some time in Camber & Rye.
Despite visiting some beautiful beaches in SE Asia our favourite remains Camber Sands.