LOOK BACK IN TIME: May 25th 1878
Isle of Wight ObserverThe Isle of Wight Observer published on May 25th, 1878 warns of the dangers of not addressing letters and parcels…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 14 May 1853
A letter to the Isle of Wight Observer published on 14th May 1853 could, for the most part, have been…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 14 May 1859
This story published in the Isle of Wight Observer of 14th May, 1859 caught our eye after the local elections…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 2 May 1857
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 2nd May 1857 reports on the views of a visitor from a smoky…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 27 April 1901
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 27th April 1901 carried an account of a drill designed to test the…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 18 April 1857
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 18th April, 1857 gave a glowing account of the cheap rail and ferry…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 11 April 1857
Cheering “for Clifford” seems to have caused quite a rumpus, which led to the report below in the Isle of…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 5 April 1919
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 5th April, 1919 reported on the serious consequences that stealing a £1 note…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 28 March 1857
We have some IW Council elections coming up on May 1st, and this entry published in the Isle of Wight…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 22 March 1856
This week we found a very sad tale, published in the Isle of Wight Observer on 22nd March, 1856. It…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 19 March 1853
The Isle of Wight Observer, published on 19th March, 1853, delivered sad news for fans of the proposed new railway.…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 9 March 1907
This gem, published in the Isle of Wight Observer on 9th March, 1907, caught our eye this week. Ventnorians were…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 23 February 1901
The following two letters to the editor were published in the Isle of Wight Observer on 23rd February 1901. With…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 21 February 1903
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…
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