Features & Stories
April 15th marks the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, a passenger liner on her maiden voyage
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.
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.
In 1861 Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management was published.
Images of cemeteries, graves and wreaths, (particularly poppies), are prominent in November and at Ryde Cemetery poppy crosses will be placed on war memorials by families and friends in memory of lost loved ones.
Joy McPherson from Australia contributed her research into her great-grandfather, his brother and their families who were all resident in Ryde from around 1891 to 1923.
On Thursday afternoon Colonel and Mrs Cradock gave a garden party at their residence, The Castle, Ryde.
The first flower show of the season took place in the beautiful grounds attached to Buckingham Villa.