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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At the beginning of 1878 the Admiralty and the Board of Trade gave their consent to the Council for constructing a canoe lake on the shore to the eastward of the Victoria Pier, something that would no doubt have given much satisfaction.


On 27th June 1969 an unoccupied four-storey building used for the retail of surplus stores, was badly damaged by fire.


By September 1937 great improvements had been made and a long list of pleasure flights for the discerning holidaymaker was available.


These were essential places of entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th century, somewhere people could gather and socialise while watching and listening to what was on offer.


This building opened as a pub around 1845, it was called the Original Inn, and In 1894, what was without doubt, deemed as the oldest house in Ryde,


Charles Stephen Quelch was born 1849, son of John and Jane Quelch, he was a native of Ryde.


As early as 1875 the medical officer of health reported that the borough was able to receive cases of smallpox and other infectious diseases, so there was provision of a hospital for such cases at that date. 


The first evidence found relating to Coastguards in Ryde dated from around 1835/36 and by 1848 there were 10 coastguards commanded by a Lieutenant from the Royal Navy.