Features & Stories
Mr Edward Tom Ward first set up his bicycle making business in Ryde around 1878.
Sir Thomas Acquin Martin and his wife Sarah have a really beautiful memorial, in the shape of an angel and a cross, in the Catholic Section of Ryde Cemetery.
Edward John Coleman (b1834 - d1885) bought the estate Stoke Park, Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, from Lord Taunton, in 1863.
The townsfolk of Ryde will have witnessed many Fleet Reviews in The Solent.
William Arnold Bromfield wrote the FLORA VECTENSIS a description of the flowering plants and ferns of the Isle of Wight.
The oldest commissioned officer in her Majesty's navy, Admiral Philip Westphal died at Ryde on Tuesday 16 March 1880 aged 98 years.
“Brake” has for some years been a famous public character on the steam-boat pier at Southsea
Dr Alexander George Davey is best remembered for his work in connection with the Isle of Wight County Hospital, Ryde and especially the new Children's Ward.
William Knyvett was an eminent singer and composer, a Gentleman of the Chapels Royal.
The Christmas tree has become such an important part of a traditional English Christmas that it is difficult for us to imagine Christmas without a tree, but this wasn't always so.