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Sunday March 21st is Census day. This year, for the 1st time we are being asked to fill-in the form online. For those without a computer there will be the opportunity to request a paper form.
As a group we usually take part in the “Big Garden Birdwatch”, but of course this year all is different.
In December, our busy research team added 24 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Mr William Coote, trinity pilot, who worked from the "Fox" Trinity Pilot Cutter.
In November, our busy research team added 40 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Mr Edward Kennett Minter, who for many years traded as a butcher in High Street, Ryde.
This year, each in our own way, we will remember them for their ultimate sacrifice.
In October, our busy research team added 33 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Mr Henry John Linington, who for many years was in the employ of Messrs. Chaplin as a boatman.
Following Ryde’s successful application to Historic England’s High Street Heritage Action Zone
fund (HSHAZ), the programme is now beginning to get underway.
Our support to a campaign to restore the plaques in the memorial gardens on the corner of The Strand and East Hill Road.
In September, our busy research team added 42 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Mr Alfred Edwin Macleod-Carey, manager of the National Telephone Co.
In August, our busy research team added 42 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Miss Kate Hollis, who started her career as a pupil teacher.