This unusual house was built circa 1912 in Riboleau Street, by Ryde builders, Messrs Wheeler Bros. for Madame Emily Madelina Du Pre.
The unfurling of the large Union Jack, made and sent to the scholars of Ryde by the children of Ryde, New South Wales.
In February 1969 the local Press stated that British Rail had announced the 10th March as the day when three to four months long repairs to the St John's Railway Bridge would begin.
In June, our busy research team added 44 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Miss Elizabeth Treacy, portress at St. Cecilia's Abbey.
The photograph of cargo being unloaded from Chaplin’s boat, shows how high the tide came up against the wall close to the Esplanade.
The Isle of Wight residence of General the Hon. Somerset John Gough Calthorpe and his wife the Hon. Mrs. Eliza Maria Calthorpe.
Cricket is universally acknowledged to be the best and most invigorating of all out-of door pastimes.
The local 1813 Act authorised the new Highway Commissioners to erect necessary toll houses and turnpikes throughout the Island.
In May, our busy research team added 54 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Mr William Densham, who was associated with Marconi as an engineer for a long period.