| Image title: | Mermaid Street, Rye |
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| Source: | Anonymous: “Chatterbox Annual” (1916) |
| Place shown: | Rye, Sussex, England |
| Keywords: | drawings, streets, buildings, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
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Another old street is Mermaid Street, with its famous inn of that name and its beautiful timbered hospital In this street lived Samuel Jeakes, a well-known Rye worthy, born in 1623; he was a lawyer and an antiquary. His son, another Samuel, also lived there and dabbled in astrology and other strange sciences. The grandson, the third Samuel, invented a flying machine. After many experiments and much trouble he could not succeed in making it fly, and one attempt nearly succeeded in killing him. Their house is still in a good state of preservatoin. Remains of several old monasteries are to be seen scattered about the town, and also the old school-house. (p. 126) It is a narrow curved street on a steep hill going down to the river, with a boat in the background. |
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