Isle of Wight Times:- Mar 2nd 1967: THIRD RAIL GOES LIVE – Proving trials of electric trains began on the Island yesterday when the current was switched on over the 8½ miles of new electrified railway between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin. Seven-coach trains of former London Transport underground stock which has been adapted and
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Isle of Wight Times:- Feb 9th 1967: YOUTH CLUB DANCES – Ryde Youth Club members enjoyed a “Disco-Nite” on Friday at the club when nearly 200 dancers were present. The club’s own disc-jockeys” Barry KEMP and Alastair WAKELEY, presented the programme. John BARNES was in charge of the amplification equipment. Feb 9th 1967: CAMPAIGN –
Isle of Wight Times:- Jan 5th 1967: FAREWELL – End of a year and the end of an era. That was Saturday, when the Island’s oldest locomotive, the 77 year-old “Fishbourne,” was the last steam engine to travel the 8½ miles line between Ryde and Shanklin. On the footplate with the driver, Mr. R. HARBOUR
Isle of Wight Times:- Dec 1st 1966: ‘GO A BUNDLE’ – A G.P.O. “Do it yourself” campaign is being mounted in the Ryde area to encourage the public to speed the handling of Christmas mails by bundling their own correspondence before posting, on an experimental basis. When letters arrive at the Post Office they have
Isle of Wight Times:- Nov 10th 1966: “COP SHOP” – Yesterday Ryde policemen moved to temporary headquarters. The old police station in Station Road is being pulled down, after standing for 100 years, to make way for a new building. Temporary accommodation is at 86 High Street, where the police are expected to stay for
Isle of Wight Times:- Oct 6th 1966: BAND CHARITY CONCERT – A large audience in the Esplanade Pavilion on Sunday evening listened appreciatively to the final concert this season of Ryde Borough Band. Parkhurst Prison Officers Male Voice Choir also rendered several items. Proceeds of the concert, which grossed over £28, are being donated to
Isle of Wight Times:- Sept 1st 1966: U.S. MARINES – American Marines will land in Ryde next week. They are the U.S. Marine Corps drill team from the U.S.S. cruiser Newport News which will be in harbour at Portsmouth. The team will take part with the Band of the Commander Striking Fleet Atlantic in a
Isle of Wight Times:- Aug 4th 1966: RESCUE – An SRN-6 hovercraft on passenger service off Ryde joined in a rescue operation on Saturday afternoon. The alarm was raised when a 12 ft. Dinghy from Portsmouth Sailing Club overturned and was being swept away in a swift current. While Bembridge inshore lifeboat and a helicopter
Isle of Wight Times:- July 7th 1966: VIEWPOINT – It is pleasing that not only the structure of what was formerly the ”Scala Cinema,” now the “Plaza,” has undergone a change. I refer to the trouble this cinema used to have with both resident and mental deficient’s who took a delight in making as big
Isle of Wight Times:- June 2nd 1966: TELEPHONE CALLS – Britain’s housewives made 853,653 telephone calls to the recipe service in the year ended March 31, 1966. June 2nd 1966: FALSE FIRE CALLS – Four Ryde boys who had the I.W. Fire Service out on three wild goose chases in two days were fined a