Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
  • MENU

July 1964

Isle of Wight Times:-

July 2nd 1964: CLOSE THE CLUB – Should Haylands Football Club carry on next season or close for two years because of lack of support from local residents? That was the question players, members and officers had to answer at a stormy annual general meeting on Monday, held at the Lake Huron Hotel, Ryde.

July 2nd 1964: INTERNS – The twang of guitars heralded the “Ryde sound” on Saturday afternoon as “The Interns,” Ryde School’s own purveyors of pop music, went into a “twist and Shake” routine to give the audience a swinging welcome to All Saints’ Church annual summer fete.

July 2nd 1964: REPERTORY – Another excellent production was staged by the Barry O’BRIEN Company with their performance of John DIGHTON’s comedy “Who Goes There?” at the Esplanade Pavilion during the past week.

July 2nd 1964: ROOF FUND – Holy Trinity Parish Church, Ryde, roof-fund profited by £250 on Saturday when the annual summer fete was held at Caversham House School, Dover-street, Ryde.

July 2nd 1964: RACING – The Ryde Racing Pigeon Club held a race from L Rochelle with the Solent Federation on Saturday. Result was: 1st J. QUINN 1007 y.p.m.

July 9th 1964: ACCIDENT – a 60 year old platelayer was seriously injured at Ryde shortly after mid-day on Monday when struck by a passing train. He was caught a glancing blow on his right side and also sustained head injuries. He is detained in the Royal I.W. County Hospital.

July 9th 1964: THANK YOU – A tall, distinguished Indian Baptist minister visited Ryde this week to say a personal “Thank You” to a woman who gave him a chance in life. About 35 years ago Monohur Das, 5 years-old, was brought to a Baptist Missionary Social centre at Monghyr, Northern India, with no-one to care for him. Miss Marguerite BION, a missionary “adopted” him on behalf of the organisation, and gave him a home, love and education.

July 9th 1964: RETIREMENT GIFT – An initialled gas lighter was presented to Mr. George PERKIS, of 70 Well-street, on Saturday by the staff of Messrs. Wyman Marshall Ltd., wholesale newsagents of 22 Union-road, when he retired after six years as a part-time dispatcher. Mr. PERKIS was well known in the town as a part-time newspaper seller on Ryde Esplanade.

July 16th 1964: ECHOES OF MAYFIELD – An echo of the cry of rage that went up from residents of Mayfield-road, Ryde, when the Southern Vectis Omnibus Company began running buses through the street recently, was heard at the monthly meeting of the council. So fierce, indeed, has been the outcry that the corporation is having second thoughts about the whole idea.

July 16th 1964: AFFLUENT TENANT – The committee refused to allow a Longmead-road tenant to lay crazy-paving upon which to park, it was said “This is another set of houses built without garages. Here is an individual endeavouring to keep his car off the road through his own efforts and expense.”

July 23rd 1964: DO IT OURSELVES – For 18 years Bishop Lovett School, Ryde, has been without a proper hall. Now the school, tired of waiting, is building its own gymnasium-cum-hall in the school grounds. The Parent-Teachers Association takes over the “evening-shift”. The woodwork master, Mr. Ronald MARTIN, is in charge of the building, which is due for completion in October.