Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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We will be holding a short Service of Remembrance in the South Chapel at Ryde Cemetery, on Saturday 9th November 2024, at 3pm.  The Resource Centre will be open from 2.30pm.


It would seem appropriate for this month of Remembrance, that the image  we show is of members of His Majesty's Army,


Knitting is not usually regarded as an accomplishment in which the male sex are proficient or even interested but Mr. Henry Steward, of Park Road, Ryde, has shown us a quantity of his work.


It was said that Alderman William Hughes, of London, had Busbridge Lodge (later Moray House) built adjoining St James Church in Ryde, for his own residence.


RSHG will be hosting a Fungi Walk on Tuesday 5 November 2024 beginning at 10am when Dr Colin Pope of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society will lead the Walk around Ryde cemetery.


We were pleased to see a good amount of members turn up at the Baptist Church, George Street, on Saturday 5th October, for the RSHG Quarterly Social Morning. Also, two visitors came along to join us. 


As Ryde celebrated its Centenary Year, one of the town’s oldest residents, Mr. G. Hooper, of 66 St. John’s Road, recalled the borough early days.


There was trouble brewing at the old Isle of Wight pub in Ryde High Street.  One of England’s oldest licensees, 85 years-old Mrs Elizabeth Pine, was preparing for battle to save her home, The Prince of Wales.