In February our Research Team, led by Ann Barrett, added biographical detail to 35 records on the website.
Notwithstanding the drenching rain which fell on Wednesday, some hundreds of inhabitants of Ryde who have, or profess to have, tastes for field sports, departed for Gatcombe steeple chases on that day.
ST PATRICK'S DAY BALL - We would draw special attention to the Grand Fancy Dress Ball to be held in the Town Hall on Monday night (St Patrick's Day). It is a Peace Ball and will be one of the most notable events of the season.
This wonderful photograph is one of a number sent to us by Colin Caws in New Zealand and shows the King of Spain's visit to the IW Gun Club at Ashey on 17 August 1910.
Our website now includes records for St Thomas Church graveyard, Ashey and Binstead cemeteries.
In January our Research Team, led by Ann Barrett, added biographical detail to 31 records on the website.
It was a bitter cold day on Saturday 28 January but 8 brave folk joined us for the Big Garden Birdwatch in Ryde Cemetery.
OYSTER DREDGING - Quite a fleet of oyster dredging vessels have been beating up and down the Motherbank to bring up thousands of the shell-fish.
Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth on February 7th 1812 and is generally considered to be one of the greatest English novelists of the Victorian period.