Isle of Wight County Press: Dec 7th 1974: BUS ACCIDENT – A double-deck bus hit the side of the Corner House Café at the bottom of Union Street, Ryde, on Monday afternoon. Road works had restricted the street to single-line traffic. No-one was hurt in the accident during which two of the bus windows were
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Isle of Wight County Press: Nov 2nd 1974: PRESERVING CHARACTER – Main concern of members of Ryde branch of the IW Society at their monthly meeting was the future of Franfer House in St. Thomas’s Street, Ryde. It was felt by all attending that the building of multistorey blocks of modern flats must continue to
Isle of Wight County Press: Oct 5th 1974: CHILDREN IN HUNT – About 30 fourth-year children from Ryde’s Bishop Lovett Middle School combed the woods and grounds at their school on Tuesday in a hunt for stolen goods worth £1000. Helped by teachers, they recovered cups and video-tape equipment taken from their school the night
Isle of Wight County Press: Sep 7th 1974: WOMEN’S GAS FEDERATION – Mrs. Lynette ARCHER of Newport, was guest speaker at the Ryde branch meeting at the Southern gas demonstration room on Monday. She traced the history of postcards from their introduction in the last century and showed many interesting cards from her collection. Sep
Isle of Wight County Press: Aug 3rd 1974: DIVE INTO POOL – A car ended up in Ryde Canoe lake children’s paddling pool on Tuesday afternoon. The car, driven by Mrs. Martine JACOBS of Sandown, was in collision on the canoe lake perimeter road with another driven by Mr. Howard BROWN, of Newport, and ran
Isle of Wight County Press: Jul 6th 1974: BARKING DOG GIVES WARNING – Tish, the family guard dog, emerged as the heroine when fire broke out at the Swiss Chalet restaurant, 48 Union Street, Ryde, in the early hours of Thursday morning. Tish, who has her own quarters on the ground floor of the premises,
Isle of Wight County Press: Jun 1st 1974: THIEVES – Smash and grab raiders stole three cameras valued at about £76, from Island Studios, Cross Street, Ryde, on Sunday; On Friday week a thief entered a café at 34 Castle Street, Ryde, through a rear window and stole £20 belonging to Mr. G. NICHOLSON, from
Isle of Wight County Press: May 4th 1974: SEAWEED MENACE – Batches of Japanese seaweed, Sargassum Multicum, have been located along the coast from Ryde to Bembridge. Workers striving to eradicate the seaweed thought they had halted the growth, but it is now thought that the weed has established itself from Bembridge to a quarter
Isle of Wight County Press: Apr 6th 1974: FITTING FINALE – I am writing to express my gratitude, on behalf of the council, to all who took part in the memorable and historic civic service of thanksgiving for the Borough of Ryde, held in All Saints’ Church this afternoon (March 31st). It is impossible to
Isle of Wight County Press: Mar 2nd 1974: TOWNSWOMENS GUILD – Over 20 members attended a coffee evening with a difference when a programme of “parlour games” was arranged by Miss J. MANTLE. This raised £5, and a jumble sale raised £23. Proceeds from both these efforts are to go towards the birthday party in