For Heritage Open Days RSHG will be hosting events at the Heritage Resource centre in Ryde Cemetery on Tuesday 12th and Saturday 16th September, 10am till 2pm on both days.
In May 1905 a notice in the local press stated: We understand that the Ryde Pier Company has engaged Mr. R. Lloyd Morgan’s Entertainers.
The image is an engraving of 1870, showing the round house which was built in 1856 when the pier head was greatly enlarged.
Those who have never seen or heard the Edison Phonograph should pay a visit to the Esplanade Railway Waiting Room.
We would like to invite you to join us for our Summer Open Day, we will be at the Heritage Resource Centre in Ryde Cemetery from 10am till 2pm on 22 August.
At our General Quarterly Meeting at the George Street Centre, Mark Earp gave us a brilliant interactive talk entitled “The Isle of Wight on Film and T.V.”
You are invited to our Coffee Morning on Saturday 29 July at the Heritage Resource Centre in Ryde Cemetery, any time between 10am and 2pm.
In 1859 a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the state of our national defences.
When the Royal Navy ships reached the end of their life as a sea-going battle ship, they were used for many other purposes.
In 1866 special reference was made to the new house called Roseville, in West-street, which had been erected by Mr. Thomas Dashwood, architect & surveyor.