Johnny Doughty is mentioned in “From The Punchbowl”, the magazine of the Monica Edwards Society, as the possible model for Jim Decks, the fictional ferryman in the Westling of M.E.’s Romney Marsh Stories, set around Rye Harbour. M.E. was the daughter of one of the vicars of Rye Harbour.
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Enjoy historic & romantic beamed surroundings in the heart of the Medieval walled Citadel of Rye. This unusual, converted Grade … more
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Cmdr Frank Claret, O.B.E. - memorabilia in Rye
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