Colwell Bay
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Mountfield Caravan Park
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 was a big house there where the family lived. I think it is still there. There was a little shop full of groceries and holiday must-haves. My first place to go. There was a playground and a sandpit too. I never understood why I loved the Island so much, then I traced my family tree in later years and found ...read more here
A memory of contributed by Dawn sampson
Captain Macpherson
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 photographs would be great.
A memory of Shalfleet contributed by sylvia ross
Going to school
I walked past these houses every day to and from school from 1956 to 1959 when my family lived at Marsh Green.
A memory of Brighstone contributed by Bronen Hebblethwaite
Our House!
Our house is the second left and I was about 8 when this was taken. The field in front of the houses is now the site of the Methodist Chapel.
A memory of Brighstone contributed by Andy Thompson
Extracts From Colwell Bay & Isle Of Wight books
Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of
sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind. Albert Fort, on
the headland at one end of the bay, was built to guard
the strategically important waters of the Solent.
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".
Yarmouth’s pier is functional rather than
decorative, a place to fish or simply to sit
and watch the mainland ferries. It was
built originally as a landing stage for local
boats and ships.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
A strange tale relates how many of the ancient charters of
the town were lost for ever. A ship’s captain, drunk after
a Court Leet dinner in 1784, stole what he thought
was a case of wine as he returned to his ship. When
he discovered that the case was full of books, he threw
them overboard, consigning many of Yarmouth’s historical
records to the bottom of the sea.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".