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In May 1905 a notice in the local press stated: We understand that the Ryde Pier Company has engaged Mr. R. Lloyd Morgan’s Entertainers.
In 1859 a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the state of our national defences.
This suburb to the town of Ryde formed the chief piece of landscape gardening in the neighbourhood.
In 1892 the committee had been able to purchase number 60 Monkton Street, as a permanent home for the District Nurses.
The committee who had carried out the arrangements for erecting the organ in the Town Hall, as a memorial of the Queen’s long reign, met on the evening of Tuesday 3rd May 1898.
At this cold and dreary time of year, we need to reminisce about something more uplifting, so this is a brief look at some of the wonderful floral displays that the Ryde Borough Council provided in times past.
Miss Brigstocke, was a lady who had much interested in the welfare of the town of Ryde, and had presented gifts on many occasions previously.
In 1897, it was decided to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s reign by erecting a new children’s ward at the Isle of Wight Infirmary at Ryde.
Mr. Cheverton whose face was well-known at Messrs Smith and Son’s Ryde Bookstall, was promoted, and had taken charge of a larger branch at Portsmouth.
Mr. Arthur HiIl was founder of the well-known firm of Hill’s Stores, High-Street, Ryde.