LOOK BACK IN TIME: 23 February 1901
Isle of Wight ObserverThe following two letters to the editor were published in the Isle of Wight Observer on 23rd February 1901. With…
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This extract from the Isle of Wight Observer was published on Saturday, 21st February, 1903. Elsewhere in the same newspaper…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 16 February 1918
An Islander writing to his parents from the Battle of Jerusalem during World War 1, saw part of his letter…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 8 February 1902
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 8th February 1902 included this account of a spat between a utilities company…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 4 February 1888
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 4th February, 1888, has two ship-related snippets which caught our eye this week.…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 21 December 1889
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 21st December, 1889, tells of two near misses on railway lines that are…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 17 January 1857
In the Isle of Wight Observer published on 17th January, 1857, Mr Hawkins of St Helens took issue with a…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 12 January 1901
Some Island arguments never go away as these two pieces published in the Isle of Wight Observer of 12th January,…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: January 1, 1853
The Isle of Wight Observer, published on January 1, 1853, told how Edward Flux was up before the bench for…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 25 December 1869
Whilst the Isle of Wight Observer published on 25th December, 1869 was a paid for title, we follow its noble…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 16 December 1854
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 16th December 1854 contains a moving letter from a man on the front…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 7 December 1889
This week we have two stories about ball games from the Isle of Wight Observer published on 7th December 1889.…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 1 December 1855
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 1st December, 1855 recounts two incredible events from Ryde that week. We couldn’t…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 24 November 1888
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 24th November, 1888, contained the following nugget about the Republican candidate in the…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 10 November 1855
A rather lengthy article published in the Isle of Wight Observer of November 10th, 1885, ends with a sentence that…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 3 November 1888
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 3rd November 1888 tells of an amusing exchange between a Ventnor visitor and…
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