The annual auction to raise funds for the Rye & District Bonfire Society will take place on Thursday May 14 in the Tudor Rooms at the Mermaid Inn. This year, lots include meals at the George and the Gallivant at Camber, bed and breakfast at Jeakes House, a return flight from Lydd to Le Touquet, artworks and antiques.
The auction is the Bonfire Society’s biggest fundraising event of the year, typically bringing in about £4,000 of the £10,000 required to stage the spectacular conflagration and procession.
Pictured above is one of the lots, a portrait of Jimper Sutton, the Life President of the Bonfire Society, painted by Marina Kim. It is displayed in the Roche Gallery on the High Street.
Tickets are £5 including a glass of wine and viewing starts at 7pm with the auction beginning at 7:30.