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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You are invited to our sociable Coffee Morning on Saturday 25 May at the Heritage Resource Centre in Ryde Cemetery, any time between 10am and 2pm. 


The difference between rising every morning at six and eight, in the course of forty years, amounts to 29,200 hours.


It was stated in the local press that the Primitive Methodists, finding their present chapel too small, had bought the land at the top of High Street, at the corner of Well Street, upon which they intended erecting a new chapel and school room.


A meeting was held at the York Hotel, for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming a Ryde Bowling Club.


In April, our busy research team added 30 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Arthur George Dunford, who was founder and conductor of the Arthur Dunford String Orchestral Society.


RSHG will be taking part on one day of this year’s walking festival, Tuesday May14th.  To take in the whole guided walk including the chapels, you will need to  make a booking on the Walking Festival website at: https://isleofwightwalkingfestival.co.uk/