There will be four Members' meetings next year, each with an invited speaker. Entry is by membership card, or £2 at the door.
There are several varieties of holly (Ilex aquifolium) growing in the Cemetery.
Ryde, Isle of Wight, has strong connections to the Victorian celebration of Christmas
On the evening of 24th November 2006 Roy Brinton (RSHG Hon President) and Tony Gale (RSHG member) gave two illustrated talks at the George Street Centre in Ryde to help raise funds for the Vernon Square Society.
The Ryde Social Heritage Group held its AGM on 11th November from 10:30 to 12:30 in the George Street Centre, Ryde Isle of Wight.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
The Castle on the Esplanade in Ryde (now a hotel) was used as a hospital in WW1.
A Fungi Foray was held in the Cemetery on Sunday 22 October. 17 species were identified by Jackie Hart.
Lists have been added to the Featured Graves pages for July, August and September. The links for each person are not active yet, but you can search manually to find the record. The links will be added as soon as possible.
The fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Dialect names for wild rose hips are more extravagant and include "hedge-pedgies", "nippernails", "pixie pears" and "pig's noses".