Beacons were lit across Hastings and Rother on April 21 to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. Among the various parishes involved were Northiam, Winchelsea, Battle and of course Rye, its beacon placed just outside the town on the Udimore Road.
Google defines a beacon as an “intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.”
An excited crowd collected waiting with anticipation for darkness to fall. Eventually it was time and while the beacon was alight, fireworks went off behind it, wonderful, as was one of the Bonfire Boys, Neale East, dressed up.
Photos: Heidi Foster