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Freshwater books
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories
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Isle of Wight Living Memories
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In 1960, when I was 6, we moved into Longhalves, a detached house on the left of Hook Hill going up, and just on the brow of the hill. The road then was narrow and dangerous, and in about 1964 they took 3 - 4 yards off our front garden to widen the road and make a footpath. Opposite the main... [more]
Shared on 14 November 2008
Isle Of Wight memories
My great uncle Frank and his wife Fan Sampson and their partner Chip Wright owned this park then. My grandfather Bert Sampson helped out there too. We used to come for family holidays from our home in London. I loved it. The Island was magical. I never wanted to go home. We visited all our family and had great holidays. There... [more]
Shared on 18 April 2008
My aunt and uncle ran the New Inn in the 1930s and 1940s, possibly before.
Their names were Patrick Huston and Annie Huston. Also living with them in the early 1940s were my grandmother, Mary Evans, and my Auntie Lou. I lived in Portsmouth and remember being sent by my parents at the outbreak of war in 1939 as they thought... [more]
Shared on 07 August 2009
My late mother told me that she was related to Miss White, daughter of the Rev. Richard Walton White. His daughter left the manor and or land to Captain Macpherson in 1911. Although we have no claims on this family, we have no first names of Miss White or Captain Macpherson's nephew for our family tree. Any historical history and or... [more]
Shared on 05 October 2006
Extracts From Freshwater & Isle Of Wight books
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album
East Cowes was once the more important of the two towns, though it has now been eclipsed by the sprawling town on the opposite side of the Medina. Its old Tudor fortress has long since disappeared, though the boyhood home of Dr Thomas Arnold remains.
This is an extract from Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories
Street Scene c1955 Queen Victoria first stayed on the Isle of Wight at Norris Castle, during the reign of her uncle William IV. Years later, when she was monarch herself, she bought Osborne House not far away. It is said that when she was a young girl she collected rare varieties of seaweed on the beaches around East Cowes, which she presented to her friend Maria da Gloria, girl-queen of Portugal. ... [more]
This is an extract from Isle of Wight Photographic Memories.
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At one time, elegant Victorian terraced houses, which were built between l835 and l857, graced the Parade. Apart from the last two terraced houses, these were demolished in the 1930s. In their place the Osborne Court apartments were built in Art Deco style just before the Second World War; they were used as a naval base during the war. Almost next door is the Royal London Yacht Club, which was formed in London in 1878. Part of this... [more]
This is an extract from Cowes Town and City Memories.
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