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Seaview memories
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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
Contributed by DYLAN RIVIS
Isle Of Wight memories
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
Bembridge my home
I was born in Seaview but my mother and grandparents lived at "erndene' Steyne rd.
I went to the Bembridge villiage school and attended the villiage church. I was free to roam the villiage aand beaches at will as the villiage was very safe for children.
I and my family would swim at Lane end and at Forelands and Howegate, We would look for winkles and crabs and also would go mushrooming on the downs. My father was a pilot so we spent time at the Bembridge airport. We lived part of the time on Toad Hall houseboat on the harbour. My mother taught me to love Bembridge and she knew it very well(as did I) She knew the names of ...read more here
A memory of Bembridge contributed by lesley phillips
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
Extracts From Seaview & Isle Of Wight books
The chain suspension bridge at the appropriately named Seaview leads out to
the steamer landing stage. From here boats would arrive and depart on a daily
basis to the mainland at Southsea.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
Seaview developed as a watering
place in Victorian times. These
tents enabled the modest to change
with dignity. The woodlands in
the distance, a rare example of
trees coming down to the seashore,
were both private and jealously
guarded a century ago.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
Seaview shows off a huge variety of architecture, as this
photograph demonstrates. Its buildings are both picturesque
and smart and have obviously developed at the whim of
individual owners, rather than uniformly as with some other
towns on the Isle of Wight.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
Before the availability of cars, visitors
would explore the Isle of Wight in
a variety of ways - perhaps on foot
or bicycle in combination with the
Island’s excellent rail network. Here
we see a charabanc on a day excursion
with a full load of passengers - a
popular way to see the sights.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".
A view of Seaview’s High Street
during the final summer of the
First World War.
The walk eastward along the coast from Ryde was a favourite excursion
for Victorian ramblers, who admired the fine scenery along the way. The
round trip was about seven miles, though foot-weary visitors could refresh
themselves at inns along the way.
An extract from from"Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album".