Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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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.


"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.


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.