LOOK BACK IN TIME: 13th Nov 1869
Press ReleaseThe Isle of Wight Observer of November 13th, 1869 reflects with disapproval on roudy Bonfire Night celebrations in Cowes, complaining…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 4th Nov 1905
This week we have reports of two court cases from the Isle of Wight Observer of November 4th, 1905 involving…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 28th Oct 1922
The Isle of Wight Observer of October 28th, 1922 contains a long report about the breakdown of the marriage of…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 17th Oct 1903
This week we have three entries from the Isle of Wight Observer of October 17th, 1903. These titbits appeared in…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 5th Oct 1878
On October 5th, 1878, the Isle of Wight Observer published a lengthy piece giving an opinion on how the law…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 9th Feb 1901
In the Isle of Wight Observer 9th February 1901, the editor reflects at some length on the accession to the…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 22nd Jan 1901
Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on 22nd January 1901. The Isle of Wight Observer of January 26th, included extensive…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: Sept 7th 1878
This is the beginning of an article in the Isle of Wight Observer of September 7th, 1878, about the loss…
Read MoreA 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,…
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