In 1892 the committee had been able to purchase number 60 Monkton Street, as a permanent home for the District Nurses.
In this month of the Coronation, it seems appropriate to feature this small article from the IW Observer 21 January 1922.
On Saturday April 1st we held the RSHG quarterly meeting and social morning at the George Street Centre, Ryde. 31 people turned up, despite the awful weather.
This little Church, fronting onto the main road through Ashey, was the Mission Church in the Parish of All Saints’ Ryde. The Vicar’s of Ryde regularly officiated at services there for the residents of the Ashey area.
In the use of hot cross buns on Good Friday we are to trace the survival of a very ancient custom.
The committee who had carried out the arrangements for erecting the organ in the Town Hall, as a memorial of the Queen’s long reign, met on the evening of Tuesday 3rd May 1898.
We had an amazing time this last Saturday the 4th March, 2023 at “Department” for The Heritage Fair. This involved around 20 organisations joining together at Department in Cross Street, Ryde.
In February, our busy research team added 42 biographical records to names on the website, including that of William Edward Ratcliffe, of Copsefield, one of the oldest practicing solicitors in the country.
You are invited to join us for our April meeting and social morning at the George Street Centre, Ryde.
At this cold and dreary time of year, we need to reminisce about something more uplifting, so this is a brief look at some of the wonderful floral displays that the Ryde Borough Council provided in times past.