On 27th June 1969 an unoccupied four-storey building used for the retail of surplus stores, was badly damaged by fire.
Sunday March 21st is Census day. This year, for the 1st time we are being asked to fill-in the form online. For those without a computer there will be the opportunity to request a paper form.
By September 1937 great improvements had been made and a long list of pleasure flights for the discerning holidaymaker was available.
As a group we usually take part in the “Big Garden Birdwatch”, but of course this year all is different.
Perhaps the dog might be useful to aid charitable purposes. A collar was made, with the inscription, "Railway servants' dog, Brake." To the collar was attached a box, on which were painted the words, "Widows' and orphans' sick fund."
These were essential places of entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th century, somewhere people could gather and socialise while watching and listening to what was on offer.
This building opened as a pub around 1845, it was called the Original Inn, and In 1894, what was without doubt, deemed as the oldest house in Ryde,
In December, our busy research team added 24 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Mr William Coote, trinity pilot, who worked from the "Fox" Trinity Pilot Cutter.
Charles Stephen Quelch was born 1849, son of John and Jane Quelch, he was a native of Ryde.