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Youthful Pranks (in Binstead)! 1958 - 1962
I am a 67 year old British citizen and have lived for over 40 years as a rock musician in Germany. I went to Ryde School in the 60s. After I left I was lonely living in London and used come back to the island most weekends - to my friends in - wait for it! of COURSE....in Binstead. I used to stay at the parents of my schoolfriend Ian Squire, Mr & Mrs Holmes-White. Ian went to Australia later. Sometimes I stayed at Major Carleton's villa where us boys used to slip out in the night and have wild parties near the beach with the Au Pair girls from the villa. My friend Brian Read from Ryde had an old ...read more here
Contributed by Simon Hornsby
Isle Of Wight memories
Youthful Pranks (in Binstead)! 1958 - 1962
I am a 67 year old British citizen and have lived for over 40 years as a rock musician in Germany. I went to Ryde School in the 60s. After I left I was lonely living in London and used come back to the island most weekends - to my friends in - wait for it! of COURSE....in Binstead. I used to stay at the parents of my schoolfriend Ian Squire, Mr & Mrs Holmes-White. Ian went to Australia later. Sometimes I stayed at Major Carleton's villa where us boys used to slip out in the night and have wild parties near the beach with the Au Pair girls from the villa. My friend Brian Read from Ryde had an old ...read more here
A memory of Binstead contributed by Simon Hornsby
MY FIRST JOB
I worked at the Pier Hotel in the summer of 1960. It was my first job. I was a commis waiter ..didn't really like it at all...but I was billeted out at a nearby village.
I had my first drunk drinking scrumpy mixed with cheap red wine with Italian waiters from the hotel in the pub in Seaview..an experience which brought me great suffering and required my taking the next day off work in order that I would not die !
I also was fortunate to meet a lovely Dutch young woman,Riet Berendsen, 4 years my senior, who was an au pair girl at the hotel. We kissed and held hands on the sea wall. We saw each other ...read more here
A memory of Seaview contributed by DYLAN RIVIS
Going to School
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 school in 1961 - 1964 drop me a line. clemo10@iprimus.com.au
A memory of East Cowes contributed by Steve Clements
Extracts From Binstead & Isle Of Wight books
Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across
the Solent to Spithead. The nearby quarries - and much of Binstead’s villagers
must have worked in them when they were active - provided the stone for the
cathedrals at Chichester and Winchester.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
The area around Binstead, particularly the waste tips of the old
quarries, is a rich source of supply for the fossil-hunter. Freshwater
shell fossils, the fruits of ancient trees, and the fossilised remains of
mammals can all be discovered.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
The Victorian poet Horace Smith wrote these lines
on leaving the village: ‘Farewell, sweet Binstead!
Take a fond farewell/From one unused to sight of
woods and trees,/ Amid the strife of cities doomed
to dwell,/Yet roused to ecstasy by scenes like
these;/Who could for ever sit beneath thy trees,/
Inhaling fragrance from the flowery dell’.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
Passengers disembark for their holiday on the Isle of
Wight. Many return - as Queen Victoria did - year
after year. Exploring the dramatic coastline, pastoral
countryside and delightful towns and villages never fails
to make for a memorable holiday.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
The ferry from the mainland prepares to dock and unload its cargo of
motor vehicles and foot passengers. The vessel crosses from Lymington in
Hampshire, and offers one of the shortest passages across the Solent.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".