Features & Stories
The name 'chrysanthemum' is derived from the Ancient Greek meaning gold flower. The chrysanthemum is sometimes known as the flower of November.
Over the centuries, shopkeepers have always tried to come up with new methods of advertising.
Ryde Rowing Club members hardly knew whether to laugh or cry when their 85th annual regatta got off to an unusual start on Sunday.
A baby show, under the patronage of a Princess, must have lifted the mood for mothers whose husbands were far from home in the summer of 1917.
Many thanks to Patrick Heigham for sending fond memories of his earlier years in Ryde.
The Isle of Wight Observer ran a column entitled 'Pictorial Humour' which, during the dark days of the First World War, must have brought smiles to people's faces.
For many in the mid nineteenth century, new inventions meant little and life remained unchanged.
In mid-Victorian England ice skating was a most popular and enjoyable form of entertainment. There were seasonal outdoor rinks and modern technology led to the development of indoor rinks.