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Roud maps

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

Roud map

Historic map of Roud

Isle Of Wight map

Illustrated Victorian map of Isle Of Wight

Roud map

Historic Map of any Roud postcode

Roud maps
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Roud photos

We have no photos of Roud, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Godshill, Whitwell, Niton, Wroxall, St Lawrence, Blackgang, Ventnor, Shorwell

Roud books

Displaying 3 of 3 books about Roud and the local area.   View all Roud books

Cowes Town and City Memories
Paperback
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Isle of Wight Living Memories
Paperback
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Roud books
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Memories of Roud

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Isle Of Wight memories

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.

Ventnor

I was born in Ventnor and although I have lived in Kent for many years Ventnor will always be "My home".

Shared on 14 March 2007 by Valerie Hickman.

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.

An Arreton childhood

I lived in Arreton from birth until my marriage.  My family consisted of Dad and Mum, my sister Gill, my paternal grandparents and a retired infant teacher Miss Muskett. She taught me at home before I began school at the village CE school where I remained from 1936-1942.  Headmaster was Mr White known to us all as Skipper White. At school... [more]

Shared on 03 February 2007 by Pat Phillips.

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.

Our Cottage in Carisbrooke

Lived there for just one year.

Shared on 22 October 2009

Fletchers Pond

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 by John Wilson.

Extracts From Roud & Isle Of Wight books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Roud, inspired by Frith photos.

Cowes Town and City Memories

At the top of the High Street on the right is the Cowes Advertiser office, but just before that is the NSPCC charity shop. It was once Shergold's grocery, and still has beautiful tiles on the walls. Next door to that is Joliffe's shoe shop, established 1853, now closed, which has a handsome decorated tiled and stained glass front. On the right in Beckford Road is... [more]

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Cowes Town and City Memories

The High Street leads to Shooters Hill, which was once a very swampy area. The buildings are shaped here to follow the curve of the road. The first shop on the right is now a florist. Morgans, 'Complete House Furnishers', has become the Alamo restaurant and bar. Opposite from the bottom of the hill up, are Chiverton's Newsagents, Bath Travel, an Italian restaurant... [more]

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Cowes Town and City Memories

Opposite the Vectis Tavern is Terminus Road, where the Newport to Cowes Railway Company built its station in 1862. The last train from Cowes ran in 1966, and all traces of the station have disappeared. Past the Vectis Tavern was the National Provincial Bank. The Commercial Inn still stands, but is now Murrays Seafood Restaurant, favoured by many yachtsmen. Next door to Murrays was... [more]

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