For the past week or so this little mouse has been coming to feed on the peanuts in the bird feeder hanging on the hedge between the garden of the Lodge and the Cemetery.
Despite the weather, a very successful activity day was held in the cemetery on Sunday 6th July in support of the Isle of Wight Council Restoration Project and in association with Ryde Arts Festival.
In June our busy Research Team led by Ann Barrett added biographical information of a further 78 records on the website.
Edward John Coleman (b1834 - d1885) bought the estate Stoke Park, Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, from Lord Taunton, in 1863.
We met up for our July Nature Walk at 6pm and although it had been quite a humid day, a heavy rain shower in the afternoon had cleared the air. The cemetery was bathed in pale yellow evening sunlight and this colour emerged as the theme for our trail because of the abundance of yellow
Saturday 14 June 2008
Attended by Rachael Mead and Janette Gregson on behalf of RSHG
Dover Park School continued their studies at Ryde Cemetery last week when a group of 23 of the more able writers and artists spent an enrichment morning there.
This book is the culmination of Ryde Social Heritage Group's Lottery-funded project and deals with the history of the town of Ryde, Isle of Wight. It tells the stories of many of the people buried in Ryde's West Street Cemetery and others associated with them.