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Lake maps

Historic maps of Lake and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Lake maps

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Historic map of Lake

Isle Of Wight map

Illustrated Victorian map of Isle Of Wight

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Lake books

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Cowes Town and City Memories
Paperback
$26

Isle of Wight Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28

Isle of Wight Living Memories
Paperback
$28

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Memories of Lake

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Isle Of Wight memories

Sandown Youth Hostel


It was 1969 and I had just come down from Manchester and was staying once more in my family home in Hatch End. My parents suggested that I took my younger brother away for a break following his "O" Levels so we set off for a youth hostelling trip to the Isle of Wight.

A ferry crossing from... [more]

Shared on 17 January 2010 by John Howard Norfolk.

Summer Holidays

Many of my childhood summer holidays were spent at Sandown.  We usually stayed at Mrs. Woodnutt's hotel in Carter Street.  Mr. Woodnutt hired out the deck chairs on Sandown Beach.  He also kept ferrets and I was allowed to go and help him look after them.  One of our family's favourite places was the miniature golf course pictured.  It was called... [more]

Shared on 04 October 2006 by Eileen Hammond.

The Londoner rickt@pdq.net

I wonder if any one remembers the cockney kid Fred, who moved into "The Elms" back in 55 at the wonderful age of 15, went to school in Sandown for almost a year until graduation, ended up with the Royal Mail until I eventually returned to London went on to Manchester and then the rest of the world in the oil... [more]

Shared on 06 March 2009 by Frederick Townend.

Grandad's cement works

Mr grandfather owned the old cement works in Quay Lane (this picture shows the large building with the tall chimney, centre of frame) and his men used to make concrete roofing tiles there. In the late 1950's the chimney became dangerous and they used expolsives to demolish it. I have some very poor photos of this. His building company was so... [more]

Shared on 29 January 2010 by Linda Allen.

Family Holidays in the 1950s

I was born in 1942 and brought up in Walthamstow in NE London. We were a working class family and Dad always managed to provide us with 2 weeks' holiday somewhere. How we came to holiday in Wroxall is still a bit of a mystery. Neither Mum nor Dad had ever been to the Isle of Wight before. In August 1952... [more]

Shared on 14 October 2009 by Roy Beiley.

Grandmother's abode

At the bottom of the hill on the right I believe that tall building belonged to the local bakers. The low building next to it - this side of the bakers - is a thatched cottage where my grandmother lived. My mother grew up here. The cottage housed around 3/4 families but it has now been made into... [more]

Shared on 13 May 2007 by M Allen.

School Days

I was at Bembridge School above Whitecliff Bay from 1953 to 1958. I used to spend many happy hours in the bay and on the top of Culver Down.

Shared on 05 December 2009 by Chris Duckworth.

Grandad's war days and our family hols

My grandfather was stationed on the island "During the War"and was very friendly with a family from Arreton called Hendy. The mother's name was Lil and the father was affectionally called"Tit" (because he was quite small). After the war, my gramps and all the family visited Aunt Lil and Uncle Tit quite frequently. Tit grew his own veg in a back... [more]

Shared on 04 March 2008 by Joanne Fisk.

Extracts From Lake & Isle Of Wight books

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Cowes Town and City Memories

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]

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Cowes Town and City Memories

At the east end of the Parade, by the last slipway, is the Island Sailing Club (left), which was founded in 1889, and is amongst the largest in the world. Upholding the ideas of emancipation, it was one of the first to admit women. The Duke of Edinburgh is an eminent member of this club. Next to the club, on the corner of... [more]

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Cowes Town and City Memories

been refurbished in May 2001, it is an attractive restaurant called the Globe. Nearby stands the Royal Marine Hotel (26187, centre, and

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