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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 garden, I remember picking pea swads for him when I visited. They had a daughter called Ena (can't remember her husband's name) and a grandson called Ralph. Ralph, my mum said, worked for a garage somewhere in Sandown when he got older. The last address I have for Ena is at Arreton, near Newport, I.O.W. They were always very friendly ...read more here
A memory of Arreton contributed 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 in wartime meant carrying our gas masks everywhere, getting to the air raid shelter if a raid occurred while we were at school. During the Battle of Britain we had no time to get to the shelter and had to get under our desks for cover as the planes fought in the sky above us. Sometimes we were machine-gunned as ...read more here
A memory of Arreton contributed by Pat Phillips
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
Hell and high water!
I worked in my Aunts ladies wear shop (Kays), and remember being flodded when heavy rain combined with high tide caused the shop to have water running through from back to the front with my friend Maureen and myself sweeping the ensuing water out of the front door. In those days the floor was bare board and it soon dried out. As it was summer we thought it was good fun and no harm was caused.
A memory of Cowes contributed by June Jackson
Extracts From Newport & Isle Of Wight books
Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient
port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.
Some historians have suggested that the town is Roman in origin,
given its straight streets and regular layout.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
Newport has always been an important
trading town, and at the height of its fortunes
carried goods such as timber, malt, wheat and
flour. During Victoria’s reign all the railways
of the Island met here. The poster on the
right tells us that a single fare to Cowes cost
4 1/2d and 9d return.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
This atmospheric photograph of
the Medina at Newport gives
some idea of the harbour at the
height of its prosperity. At high
tide, vessels of considerable size
would make their way up from
Cowes to unload and take on
board a variety of merchandise.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
Three of Elizabeth Tudor’s most influential courtiers hailed from
Newport: Dr Edes, her chaplain, Dr James, her doctor, and Thomas
Fleming, who became Lord Chief Justice. The witty monarch
remarked that one was good for her soul, another for her body and
the third for her goods.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
Justice Fleming survived into the reign of
James I, when he presided over the trial of
Guy Fawkes; an act of judicial importance
that is commemorated in Newport’s Guildhall.
Within the Town Hall, which once occupied
the Guildhall site, Charles I negotiated with
Parliament’s Commissioners after his defeat
in the Civil War.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".