Features & Stories
"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.
Perhaps the dog might be useful to aid charitable purposes. A collar was made, with the inscription, "Railway servants' dog, Brake." To the collar was attached a box, on which were painted the words, "Widows' and orphans' sick fund."
In January 1916 the world wasn't even half way through the Great War but young Herbert Henry Ryall of Ryde was seen to be doing his patriotic duty.