LOOK BACK IN TIME: 5 April 1919
Isle of Wight ObserverThe IW Observer published on 5th April, 1919 recounts this tale about a former soldier who lost his temper and…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 17 March 1855
The IW Observer published on 17th March, 1855 told the tale of a landlady struggling with a tenant not paying…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 15 March 1856
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 15th March 1856, included a letter from an Islander very upset with the…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 14th March 1857
The Editor of the Isle of Wight Observer published on 14th March, 1857 was clearly outraged at being denied access…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 28 February 1903
The IW Observer published on 28th February, 1903 recounts a mystery over a young woman’s body discovered off Dunnose Point…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 23 February 1901
The thoughts about the unnecessary felling of trees from this reader of the Isle of Wight Observer published on 23rd…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 14 February 1857
The original Ryde Pier opened on July 26, 1814. Before then ferry passengers had to be carried ashore on the…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 8th February 1902
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 8th February, 1902 reported two crimes and the outcome after the perpetrators appeared…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 4th February 1888
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 4th February, 1888 recounts a story about a stable boy who goes to…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 26 January 1856
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 26 January, 1856 contains an article about a shipwreck off the coast of…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: Bad Beginning
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 21 January 1911 detailed the misbehaviour of a 14-year-old boy that stole and…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 12th January 1889
The Isle of Wight Observer, published on 12th January 1889, told of the first prosecution on the Island of a…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: January 7th 1854
This week two short pieces from the Isle of Wight Observer published on January 7th, 1854 caught our eye. This…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: A haunted waggon
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 28th November 1863 told the true tale of a waggon thought to be…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 16th December 1854
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 16th December, 1854 contained a letter from a corporal in the Crimean War.…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 6th December 1865
The Isle of Wight Observer of 6th December, 1865 details the proposed addition of oil lamps to light up the…
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