LOOK BACK IN TIME: 14 February 1857
Isle of Wight ObserverThe 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…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 1st December, 1855
A story published in the Isle of Wight Observer on 1st December, 1855 describes the ‘extraordinary feat’ of a disabled…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 26th November 1921
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 26th November 1921 gives a lengthy account of a lecture about Ireland, at…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 20th November 1852
The Isle of Wight Observer, published on 20th November 1852, carried a notice that an Act of Parliament was intended…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 9th November 1912
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 9th November, 1912 tells a wife’s tale of what appears to be a…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 9th November 1919
In the Isle of Wight Observer published on 9th November 1919, there is a lengthy report about the visit of…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: October 29th 1853
The Isle of Wight Observer published on October 29th, 1853 describes a fire in Ryde and is less than complimentary…
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