Historic Ryde Society

crossing cafe ryde

The Crossing Cafe Union street., Ryde. Is a delight for a coffee and more.
It is sited right next to the Kent Hotel. Probably the 1st Hotel, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert stayed in when visiting the isle to purchase Osborne house. :) :)

Come and join us for our Coffee Morning and have a chat, it is very sociable and we are a friendly bunch. Pop in if you can.

Get over to Ventnor and have a laugh :)

Wow ! What a great photo. Thanks for sharing this with us all. :)

This pic of the Milky Way at St Catherine's Lighthouse is a couple of years old, but it has seen a resurgence in the Gallery over the past couple of weeks. It's gone on jigsaws, totes, several canvases and countless coasters in recent days. No idea as to why, but sometimes we get trends emerge for a short while. Thank you for the support once again :)

Another lovely place to visit. :)

Absolutely a bargain, and a lovely trip to do !

Fab news our day trip to Portsmouth from Cowes is going 7 days per week starting on Saturday 27th July through to Sunday 1st September for the summer holidays ☀

Enjoy a whole day’s shopping in Portsmouth landing at Gunwharf Quays Designer retail outlet with up to 6 hours to visit Portsmouth including Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, Gunwharf Quays Designer Retail outlet shops or take public transport to the city centre.

And the best thing is it is only £10 Adults return, Seniors: £9.00, Child (5-15yrs): £8.00 and Infants (4 and under) are Free. ⛴

Book in advance here https://www.solentcruises.co.uk/booking/
Gunwharf Quays Visitportsmouth Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Spinnaker Tower

Here is an aerial shot of Woodnutts in the early 50’s from Bilko’s scrapbook! The boat on the left is the ‘Rosita’. From the left the first building is Wade’s old Bostshop. Then all the Woodnutts sheds. Then on the far right the Ex-Golf Hut. Then Houseboats on the sand dunes. In the middle background is No 3 Green of the Golf Course!

Loneliest house in the world

Absolutely beautiful, Sienna. Thankyou for sharing this

Throwback photo of the sunrise over Bembridge courtesy of Sienna Anderson.

This aerial shot, showing carefully arranged sunbeds, was taken at Ventnor beach.

Take a deep breath England fans, it's almost time!

(Photo courtesy of Blake's Longshoremen)

A lovely post from our neighbours at St Helen's. Pay a visit from time to time , it's a little bit like a step back in time to how the island was a few years ago. :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. 2024 is here .
Sorry it's a bit late , but we have been unwell with a flu type virus. Knocked me for six! As my immune system has been compromised by cancer.
Let's all hope 2024 is good for us all and the world.
Please support the Museum of Ryde by calling to us at the Royal Victoria Arcade to pay a visit. Thankyou.
Enjoy this look back in time , sadly progress isn't always a good thing !

Brilliant ! :)

Looks great fun ! :)

Geoff Underwood, WightAID founder, really enjoyed meeting these amazing young people from Year 1 Business Studies Classwho raised over £180 at The Isle of Wight College open day!
We are honoured to receive such support from these young people who are making a huge difference to our Island Community.

Wow ! What a brilliant true story , so interesting to those who love golf of every level.
My wife's maiden name was Callaway, and I believe another Callaway. He is in the family tree? was golf professional at the Royal Isle of Golf Club before 1900 he then migrated to the USA.

As it's the season for get togethers, we thought you would like to see this historic photo.
Langdon the builders who through the years from the Victorian day s until the 21st century were a main building business in Ryde and indeed built many of the towns houses. Here you can see a group of Langdon employees setting of for a day trip from outside their yard in player street Ryde. Photo kindly shared by Whitting langdon

Happy birthday Rayment

Alicat seen passing a departing HMS Diamond last week. Although we didn't know at the time, Diamond is heading for the Gulf and will be away over Christmas. We wish the Diamond's crew a safe and peaceful deployment.

marriott

Jeff Groves :)