Isle of Wight Times:- July 5th 1962: TEACHERS – Arrangements have been made for the Interchange of Teachers between the United Kingdom and the United States of America, under which Mr. and Mrs. GIBSON of “Pinewood,” Mayfield-road, Ryde, will be spending the school year commencing in September teaching in schools in Denver, Colorado. Mr. GIBSON
Looking Back
Isle of Wight Times Jun 7th 1962: WORRIED PIANIST – Last Saturday will be a day long remembered by pianist Jim NEWBERRY, 21, of Ryde. In the morning, a few minutes after finding his mother lying unconscious on the pavement outside the Town Hall after a fall, he went on stage to gain one of
Isle of Wight Times May 3rd 1962: NATIONAL AWARD – OSBOURNE’s, the tailors of Ryde and Newport, have won three major awards in a tailoring competition organised by the magazine “Tailor and Cutter,” with a light weight dinner suit made by three of their employees, Mr. L. BIFIELD, Miss G. PRICE and Mr. S. IBBOTSON.
Isle of Wight Times Apr 12th 1962: EVENING CLASS CUTS – “Short-sighted,” “Inconsiderate” and “Senseless” were terms applied by Ryde Council members at the County Education Committee’s proposal to close the town’s further education classes. The grounds for the closure, said the Education Committee, were those of economy (the Ryde classes are believed to have
Isle of Wight Times Mar 15th 1962: CHARITY DANCE – More than 130 revellers attended a successful buffet dance held at the Hotel Ryde Castle in aid of the Southern Railway Children’s Home at Woking. The event is organised annually by a committee of local railwaymen. Mar 15th 1962: PORTABLE RADIOS – Cllr. Frank SEARLE
Isle of Wight Times Feb 1st 1962: CAT POISONER – Cat owners in Bettesworth-road, Ryde, believe someone is carrying out a cruel campaign to kill their pets. The neighbourhood has suddenly been hit by a spate of deaths and illnesses among cats, after examinations by veterinary surgeons revealed that it was attributed to a poison
Isle of Wight Times & Isle of Wight County Press Jan 4th 1962: BOMB IN RYDE – An aerial practice bomb, rusting but primed, was found at the rear of unoccupied premises at 12 Wood-street, Ryde, on Thursday. Builders who were cutting back a hedge discovered the bomb, finned and resembling an Indian club. An
Isle of Wight Times Dec 7th 1961: PUB THAT NEVER WAS – Since the reign of George 111, Smeeds, the Union-street, Ryde, wine merchants, have held an “on” licence and could virtually operate as a public house–but hardly anyone knew it. The little known fact came to light on Monday when the firm successfully applied
Isle of Wight Times & County Press Nov 2nd 1961: MARCHERS – Teen-age “Ban the Bomb” marchers have been on the roads of the Isle of Wight this week. Three girls and nine boys from Sandown Grammar School on Tuesday morning left Ryde on the second leg of a two-day march to protest about the
Isle of Wight Times Oct 12th 1961: CLOCK – To some the chiming and striking of the Town Hall clock at Ryde is a friendly sound—but not to everyone. Recently four visitors who stayed nearby had disturbed nights through the familiar chimes. They wrote to the council complaining and suggested that the clock be “gagged”