East Cowes, Isle Of Wight
East Cowes photos
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East Cowes maps
Historic maps of East Cowes and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all East Cowes maps
East Cowes books
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3 East Cowes photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of East Cowes
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I have lived in Australia now for over 40 years. I still have very fond memories of my walk from Grenville Close to West Cowes High school as a 13yr old. The floating bridge was where I had my first smoke and my first kiss!!!! How I miss East Cowes and its natural beauty, if you were at West Cowes High... [more]
Shared on 10 September 2006
Isle Of Wight memories
I worked in my Aunts ladies wear shop (Kays), and remember being flodded when heavy rain combined with high tide caused the shop to have water running through from back to the front with my friend Maureen and myself sweeping the ensuing water out of the front door. In those days the floor was bare board and it soon dried out.... [more]
Shared on 12 December 2007
This was the Red Funnel ship Noris Castle an ex tank landing craft.
Shared on 30 April 2007
The building on the left became an amusement arcade in the early 1950s and then a dental surgery. Later it was demolished and replaced by a new building of flats and a new HQ related to Cowes week which was opened by Prince Philip in 2005.
Shared on 06 April 2006
I lived in Newport with my Mom Gladys, Father Jock and sisters Tina, Trisha and Jacky. We lived in Prospect Road for many years. My fondest memories are of meeting the gang in The Town Square outside "Mary Lambs" wearing our "Teddy Suits" and showing off to the girls and people staring at us from the buses waiting for passengers. We... [more]
Shared on 30 October 2009
I first used to cycle to this school - which was split between Newport Priory Boys' Secondary Modern School and Carisbrooke Grammar School - in 1961. The long, low building to the left of the picture was the Priory Boys' School, the taller building to the right was the Grammar.
Every day I cycled from my home in Clatterford Road, round... [more]
Shared on 17 February 2009
I worked in the big hotel in Sandown, and a couple of hotels on the very seafront with two girls from Binstead, what fun we had, laughter and tears went together. I've lost touch with them but would love to hear what they are up to now and where they live. I remember Browns boating lake in Sandown, and one of... [more]
Shared on 20 July 2008
Extracts From East Cowes & Isle Of Wight books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about East Cowes, inspired by Frith photos.
Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album
A flying boat undergoes repair at West Cowes looking across to the famous Saunders Roe yards at East Cowes. The long arm of the Medina estuary provided good shelter for seaplanes and was used for this purpose from the First World War onwards.
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories
The Hovercraft c1965 An early hovercraft taking passengers across the Solent. Ten years before, Cockerell's prototype hovercraft had made its first test runs off the mouth of the Medina.
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album
The narrow streets of Cowes are typical of many southern English coastal towns, designed for use rather than ornament. As befits a sailing town, a number of shops have always been given over to yacht chandlery and provisions.
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