Features & Stories
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.
Still remarkably active despite her 103 years is Mis Miss Louisa Way, of Briardale, Meaders Road, Ryde. Her dress is up-to-date and her interest in affairs lively.
What a boon sunshine is and how different we all feel. The world seems a better place to live in.
A headstone recording 'unfortunately drowned' might infer that sometimes it is a fortunate event.