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The C. M. Booth
                                                                                                                collection of
                                                                                                              Historic Vehicles
                                                                                                                 to be seen at:
          An  es in Rye                                                                                       Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4LP
                                                                                                                 Falstaff Antiques
                                                                                                                 63 High Street,
                                                                                                                Tel: 01580 241234
                                                                                                              www.morganmuseum.org.uk
                                                                                                                 Open all year
                                                                                                               Monday to Saturday
                                                                                                                 10am to 5pm
                                                                                                               we may have to occasionally
       Rye, with its ancient buildings, cobbled streets and secret passages was once the haunt of              close during these times so it
                                                                                                               may be best to call ahead
       smugglers and highwaymen and is certainly one of the best preserved medieval towns in
       England. Times change and whist it still retains its history, heritage and charm Rye is fast                               Antique Disc and Cylinder Musical Boxes
       becoming the antiques capital for the South East with more than 20 antiques shops and  Bridge Garage                               by Stephen Kember
       venues all within a quarter of a mile walk from the centre of this stunning and ancient
       Citadel town and many more in surrounding villages.                                       Antiques
                                                                                              Sedlescombe, Hastings,TN33 0QN
                                                                                                     (on the B2244)
          HG Gasson Antiques                                                              selling: china, glass, pictures, records, silver, antique
                                                                                           furniture, military, jewellery and vintage clothes.
             9 Lion Street, Rye, tN31 7LB
                                                                                           Open 7 days a week ~ 10am to 4.30pm
              Early oak, walnut, mahogany,                                                         01424 871424
             fruitwood and country furniture
             with associated decorative items      NEEDLES
          01797 222208 or 07703 349431            ANTIQUES                                  The Rye Emporium                     Almost without exception, everybody who visits
              www.antiquesrye.co.uk                                                          Art Deco - Mid Century - Antiques   my shop in Rye, smiles when they hear an antique
                                                                                                                                 musical box play. Why do people find them so
                                               An eclectic mix including fireside, china,                                        interesting? Maybe the mood or feeling of an
                                                 jewellery, garden, fishing and more                                             earlier era is recreated. The sound produced by
                                                       01424 812728                                07802 437188                  a properly restored musical box is exactly as it
                                                                                                                                 would have been when the machine was new, all
                                                       07545 309672                           info@theryeemporium.com            those years ago. Each one of us has the opportunity
                                                                                                                                 to experience the delight and enchantment felt by
                                                                                             Zone 5, Unit 2, Jempson’s Yard
                                                 15 Cinque Ports Street, Rye TN31 7AD                                            say, William Gladstone, a young Winston Churchill
                                                                                            Winchelsea Road, Rye TN31 7EL        or Queen Victoria. We can enjoy the entertainment
                                                                                                                                 that was so new in that era.
                                                                                         YOU SHOULD ALSOVISIT:                   There are two broad categories of musical box,
                                                                                                                                 cylinder or disc. Many variations of each type exist.
                                                                                         RYE AUCTION GALLERIES LTD               The musical information, or code, necessary for the
                                                                                         Unit 36,Rye Ind.Park,Harbour Road,TN31 7TE
                                                                                         Free valuations, probate, insurance valuations and house  production of the music is provided by either a
            Gifts, Toys and Vintage                                                      clearances, collections available       pinned cylinder or an interchangeable flat disc.
                                                                                         01797 222661 or 01797 222650            Examples can be large or small, plain or elaborate,
                                                                                         info@ryeauctiongalleriesltd.com         a cheap novelty or a sophisticated piece of musical
                  07904 696036                                                           Sales 1st and 3rd Friday of every month  technology. Each musical box provides us with
                                                                                                                                 a piece of social and technical history. If these
          shop@curiousandcuriouserrye.co.uk                                              TOWER FORGE INTERIORS (EXTERIORS)       machines could talk as well as sing imagine the tales
                                                    72 The Mint, Rye TN31 7EW            Hilders Cliff, Rye,TN31 7LD
              79a High Street, TN31 7JN          Antique china, glass, hand-knitted woollens  Only open at weekends and bank holidays but well  they could tell...
          www.curiousandcuriouserrye.co.uk     01797 224508 • brian.c.wright@hotmail.co.uk  worth a visit Reclaim wood mirrors, statues, fish boxes,  Visit my shop in Cinque Port Street (Antiques at
                                                                                         bookcases and fire surrounds made to measure
                                                                                         07505 738107 shop: 01797 229447         Rameslie House) to see what it’s all about.
                                                                                         www.towerforge.co.uk
       Please see Town Map (pages 34-35) and Area Map (pages 44-45) for antique shop locations.
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