On the 18th April 1936, a most serious fire occurred at the Isle of Wight Times newspaper and stationary premises, 72 Union Street, Ryde.
Arthur Wellington Fowles was a British Master Painter, a well-known marine artist, of George Street, Ryde.
What a boon sunshine is and how different we all feel. The world seems a better place to live in.
John Cooper, a brewer & maltster, and his three sisters were living at Denbigh House from at least 1851 until his death in November 1865.
While the last finishing touches were being applied, 42 members of the nursing staff of the Royal I.W. County Hospital, during the week ending 20 May 1939, entered into occupation of the new King George V Memorial Nurses’ Home at Adelaide-place, Ryde.
In March, our busy research team added 24 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Mrs Charlotte Wills, of Pier Street.
At the beginning of 1878 the Admiralty and the Board of Trade gave their consent to the Council for constructing a canoe lake on the shore to the eastward of the Victoria Pier, something that would no doubt have given much satisfaction.
A headstone recording 'unfortunately drowned' might infer that sometimes it is a fortunate event.
During 1883 the committee of the Young Women's Christian Association had decided to open a seaside home for young women on the lines of Hazelwood.