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Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings TN34 3DW
Mary, Mungo and Midge was another popular 01424 437452
children’s animated television series created by info@shipwreckmuseum.co.uk
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Ryan who moved from London to Rye towards
the end of his life. Much of his work is still in
print, with details available from the Rye
Heritage Centre on Strand Quay.
Husband and wife Howard Gull Stormont and Mary
Elizabeth Sapworth were artists and collectors who
lived in Rye. More than one hundred pictures in the
Stormont collection were bequeathed to the Rye
Art Gallery Trust founded by Mary in 1957 for the
benefit, education and enjoyment of the people of
Rye. The gallery is located on the High Street.
Children’s fiction has strong ties with Rye,
perhaps the most famous being cartoonist John Another highly influential husband and wife
Ryan who is best known for his character team was Robert George Sang MacKechnie and
Captain Pugwash that began as a short-lived Margaret Barnard. The Seven and Five Society,
comic strip in the Eagle. Commissioned by the an association of progressive British artists, was
BBC to produce a series of animations shorts established by MacKechnie in 1919 and played an
featuring the character, 126 episodes were made important role in encouraging the development Free Entry
in total with the last one airing in 1975. of abstract art in Britain. Museum and Gift Shop Opening Hours:
April to October - Every day 10.30am to 5pm
Illustration of Captain Pugwash © John Ryan Estate November to March - Weekends only 11am to 4pm
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