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Ten members joined Richard Smout for a butterfly walk on the morning of Tuesday 23rd July.
We were pleased to have many of our members and some visitors, turn up for our Social Morning at the George Street Centre, Ryde, today, Saturday 6 July.
In June, our busy research team added 24 biographical records to names on the website, including that of George Henry Stainer.
We arranged for our members to be taken on a tour around St Thomas’s Church in Ryde town.
Captain Stallard was a wily old sea-salt who was adept at out-running the revenue cutters.
The weather was very kind to us on Tuesday 14th May, when we welcomed 14 people who had booked their walk around the Ryde Cemetery.
On Saturday 4th May, Margaret and Ann manned the Ryde Social Heritage Group table and display, at the Isle of Wight Family History Society One Day Conference.
Mrs Howard-Brooke lived at the Lawn, Spencer Road, and was the widow of Colonel R. E. F. Howard-Brooke.
In April, our busy research team added 30 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Arthur George Dunford, who was founder and conductor of the Arthur Dunford String Orchestral Society.