Bygone Rye

Cinque Ports Street, Rye, in about 1905.
On the right is a confectionery and to***co shop owned by Emma Stocks. Next door is the Kings Arms Inn.
On the corner of Ferry Road (to the left) is Longley Brothers, a grocery shop.

Who remembers the Elizabethan Restaurant, situated in Cinque Ports Street, next to the Baptist Church ?

Boots the Chemist opened in Rye in December 1934. The new shop included a library too.
The original store was located at No.25 High Street, which is now home to Rye Bookshop.

This picture is from 1966 and is courtesy of the Boots Archive.

In July 1980 H.M. The Queen Mother visited Rye
She is pictured here entering the Gun Garden with Rye's Mayor, Jo Kirkham.

A shop which probably needs no introduction!
What are your memories of Banisters?
Did you ever shop there, or work there?

Rye High Street in about 1905.
On the right is Frank Jarrett's shop selling groceries and wine (now Nationwide Building Society). Next door (to the left) is Anthony Vincett & Son, a florist and seed seller.

Businesses in Rye High Street in 1915
transcribed from Kelly's Directory of Sussex.

Note- the house numbers from the High Street continue into The Mint. The missing batch of numbers are buildings in The Mint.

Apologies for the missing letters due to my printer getting low on ink!

Who knew they had deckchairs in the Gun Garden?
Postcard from about 1963.

The George Hotel and Rye High Street.
Guess the year!

A few adverts from 1964.

Do you remember any of these?