Features & Stories
From the time of their arrival on the Isle of Wight, which was on the 3rd July, 1874, the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany had very kindly shown a readiness to assist by their presence and patronage any institution which had for its object the good of others.
Mrs. Rosita Forbes told the story of her adventurous journey entitled “Kufra, The Secret of the Sahara,”
Mr and Mrs W H Eedle of Binstead have received a letter from their 12 year old son Donald who is on his way to Australia with 500 other evacuee children.
According to the IW Observer 14 January 1922, Mr. Salter of Pondwell, knows the reason people do not go to church.
"She sank because she was rotten!" Arthur Mee's declaration on the Royal George catastrophe of 1782, mentioned in his new Guide Book of 1939.
A girl from Ryde becomes a nanny to the child of international film stars.
It's a long way from Nelson Street, Ryde to the mining town of Oraya in the Peruvian mountains.