A LOOK BACK IN TIME: Practical jokes
IW Observer.co.ukThis account of a man brought before the magistrates, which appeared in the Isle of Wight Observer of 26th June…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Three diverse snippets
Three very diverse snippets caught our eye in the Isle of Wight Observer of 11th June 1910. We hope that…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: The Eastern Monarch
On June 3rd 1859 the Eastern Monarch, described as a spendid ship, caught fire while moored off Spithead with the…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: The forthcoming Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
As we celebrate the seventy years of our Queen’s reign, we thought we would look back at a previous Jubilee…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: the ‘Christian people of Ryde’
A letter to the Isle of Wight Observer of the 29th May 1920 asks the ‘Christian people of Ryde’ to…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Two farmers respond to a complaint…
The Isle of Wight Observer of 25th May 1901 gives an account of a response from two farmers to a…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: A couple of gems
This week we have unearthed a couple of gems that made us smile from the Isle of Wight Observer of…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Mr Evelyn Ashley
In the nineteenth century it was not necessary for an MP to live in his constituency. On 27th April 1880,…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Three advertisements
The front page of the Isle of Wight Observer of 1st May 1869 is all advertisements. These three caught our…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Naming of the streets…
The Isle of Wight Observer of 19th April 1856 contains an article and a reader’s letter signed only with an…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: A letter response…
A letter in the Isle of Wight Observer of 8th April 1854 responds to correspondence from a lady printed the…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Unsightly transactions
The editor of the Isle of Wight Observer of April 8th, 1865 made his feelings very clear about funeral corteges…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: Put clocks forward…
This week we have three snippets from the Isle of Wight Observer of 2nd April 1921 which we hope you…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: A poll to decide…
The Isle of Wight Observer of 26th March, 1853 carries a number of articles about a poll held to decide…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: An Australian venture
The Isle of Wight Observer of March 17th, 1855 gives two accounts of trade which caught our eye this week.…
Read MoreA LOOK BACK IN TIME: County petty sessions
The Isle of Wight Observer of March, 13th 1869 tells tales of stolen swedes and news that Yarmouth Castle (used…
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