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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On Saturday 30th July, we will be at the Eastern Gardens, Ryde Esplanade, under the gazebo with plenty of the items from our archive for people to see.


On Thursday 13th April 1905, the formal sending off of four of the ‘buses of the I.W. Express Motor Syndicate on their several routes was performed by Lady Adela Cochrane.


The regal establishment of Mr Jabez Hughes, its square white tower rising above the green trees of Ryde.


All children love an outing, especially if it is during school-time.  The IW Observer newspaper reported on one such treat in their issue of 2 July 1910.


Mr Whiteway retired from the managership of the High Street branch of the Maypole Dairy Company. He had been in the company’s employ for 48 years and manager here since 1911.


This terrace of 4 large houses in St. Thomas’s Street, Ryde, was built in 1853.


People should be careful as to the figures in which they cut the plants in their gardens.