Month: January 2019

Rye was transformed into a Scottish town this week when Left Bank Productions’ The Crown was in town filming for its third series.

The Crown is a biographical story about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.  The third series focuses on events in the 1970s.

Authentic 1970s vehicles lined the high streets and shop fronts were replaced for the shoot, which took place on 23rd January.  Onlookers were delighted to spot well-known faces such as Helen Bonham-Carter (Princess Margaret) and Ben Daniels (Lord Snowdon).    Shooting also took place at nearby Winchelsea.

To read the Rye & Battle Observer article click here.

 

On Sunday 3rd March, we are thrilled to be hosting local celebrity, blues singer Roger Hubbard in our Tap Bar, as part of Rye Bay Scallop Week.  Roger is one of the major exponents of early blues and slide guitar.  In December 1970 Roger opened for Muddy Waters in Brighton.

Muddy Waters was quoted in SOUNDS Magazine as saying, “Roger Hubbard is as good as any blues guitarist in the U.K. or the United States”.

Sunday 3rd March from 4:00-6:00pm.  Entry is free.

To see all of our events around Rye Bay Scallop Week please click here.

We have had a lovely write-up on The Arbuturian, “a pocketful of Rye”.

….And that is at the core of The George in Rye; luxury without a trace of formality is the abiding refrain.

Click this link to read the full article.

Richard Whitehead ‘s article “a weekend in” for The Times Travel Section, Saturday 5th January 2019

“We stayed in the heart of the town, at The George in Rye, a stylish and buzzy hotel with rooms to suit most tastes in interior design.  On our first night we ate in the hotel’s restaurant, The Grill, which offers a European menu with a strong emphasis on local suppliers. The steak and the lamb rump were both succulent and immaculately cooked.”

To read the full article click here.

 

Hastings Fat Tuesday Music Festival was voted Event of the Year 2018 at the Celebration of Sussex Life Awards.  It is the UK’s largest Mardi Gras celebration and the fastest growing festival in the South East.

Hastings Fat Tuesday marks its 10th anniversary in 2019, with five days packed with live music and carnival celebrations 1-5 March. Borrowing heavily from the New Orleans take on Mardi Gras (“Fat Tuesday” is English for Mardi Gras).

See the website for details of events.