Sep 22
Events Update
FOLKLORE and SMUGGLING
BRITISH FOLKLORE WEEKEND: 25-27 September
A talk, a film and a travelling mini-museum
Talk and film: Friday, 25th September: 7:30 p.m. 3 East Street
Simon Costin, , founder of the British Folklore Museum will talk on British Folklore and show a film by Doc Rowe. The evening will include refreshments and a raffle. Members 2.00 Non-members 3.50.
Folklore Museum in a Caravan Friday-Sunday Beside the Ypres Tower
Simon is bringing with him a caravan fitted out as a mini-Folklore Museum. It will be parked outside the Ypres Tower and can be visited on Friday afternoon 2-5 p.m. and from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Entrance is free, but donations are welcome.
DISCOVERY DAY: SMUGGLING Saturday, 24th October
The Surprise
How much does your family know about Smuggling in and around Rye?
- Why did the men of Rye and Winchelsea turn to smuggling?
- What kinds of things were smuggled in—and out?
- What was ‘owling’?
- How did smugglers hide goods from the customs men?
- Why and when did smuggling decline?
- What smugglers’ gang used to congregate at the Mermaid Inn?
Bring your children and grandchildren to the Rye Museum Discovery Day to learn and have fun: Further details to come. For an article on this site about Smuggling in Rye, click here.
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