Due to the weather conditions we have decided to cancel Saturday's meeting.
In December our small but busy research team added detail to another 19 records on the website.
In the Victorian ‘Language of Flowers’ the snowdrop is called the flower of hope, its little shoots and snowy buds peeping through in the depths of winter, bringing a promise that spring is on the way. It was also associated with fresh hope as the old year ends and the new one begins.
Meeting to be held at the GEORGE ST.CENTRE, RYDE from 10.30 am until 12.30 pm on Saturday 9th January 2010
Several friends of the Campanologists of the town, assembled at the long room at Stratton's Hotel Tap, and with a merry peal ushered in the new year.
In November our small but busy research team added detail to another 51 records on the website.
The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.
The RSHG book "Ryde's Heritage, Our Town, Your Histories", on the history of Ryde is still available.