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Family Fun Days Out at Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke is every inch a storybook castle with battlements to march across and a keep to climb. Famous as a prison to King Charles I not least the Donkeys in the Well House.
XOD Class Edwardian Race Day
Racing crews will be decked out in the fashions of 1911 when they mark the Centenary of what has become the UK’s largest keelboat racing fleet, with a celebratory race at Lymington on Friday 3rd June.
Osborne House Myrtle In Royal Wedding Bouquet
Catherine Middleton carried on a Victorian tradition as a sprig of myrtle from Queen Victoria’s Osborne House on the Isle of Wight was included in her bouquet when she married Prince William today at Westminster Abbey.
The Little Book of the Isle of Wight
Did you know? A new species of cat-like dinosaur, yet to be named, was discovered on the Isle of Wight in 1988 or Darwin began his world famous ‘On the Origin of the Species’ while staying at the Kings Head Hotel.
New Historic Centre In Ryde
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of nearly £50,000 to Historic Ryde Society (HRS). The society formed in October, 2009, to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Royal Victoria Arcade, Union Street, Ryde, in July, 2011.
Bonchurch Shute Re-Opens
Bonchurch Shute re-opens for Easter after it was closed a week ago due to the collapse of a Victorian House. The Victorian house had not been lived in for several years and the site near the top of the Shute has now been made safe.
Take ‘Tea With The Stars’ at Dimbola
With Beatle-mania and the Swinging Sixties scene in London about to explode, 1963 was a very good time for Press Photographer Larry Ellis to be joining the ranks of the Fleet Street ‘snapper’. A rolling Photographic Exhibition is taking place in the Cameron Tearooms at Dimbola Museum and Galleries.
Ryde Cemetery Historic War Graves Event
A fascinating insight into the historic war graves at Ryde Cemetery can be discovered at a large family event held at the cemetery this weekend.
