Ventnor, The Beach 1899
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Ventnor transformed itself from an obscure fishing hamlet to a fashionable watering place during the last half of the 19th century. The eminent physician Sir James Clark made the resort's reputation in Victorian times by com- paring its climate to that of Madeira.
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A Selection of Memories from Ventnor
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ventnor
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I stayed at the Glenavon Hotel in August 1980 with my Wife and two children for 9 nights at a total cost of £168.30 (I still have the hotels 1979 Tariff and my receipt), we had a lovely time and have been back to the Island on a couple of occassions and will be returning again in early July this year. Mr Keith Odgers Norfolk
We stayed in a hotel called Glenavon which we think is, or was, in Ventor in September
1961, this being our honeymoon. We have been back to Ventor several times, without any sucess in finding the hotel. We would be interested in hearing from anyone who knows if the hotel still exists as the Glenavon or any other name, or maybe it has been pulled down? We would appreciate if anyone has any information, so we could retrace our memories of our honeymoon.
I was at the home in 1946/7 and remember going on the Downs with the nuns, and the crashed plane from the war, up there.
Every summer in the 1980s I would pester mum and dad to play on the mini Island, I loved it. I loved the fact that it was a little bit scary when you lost your footing on the slippery mounds of the 'downs' and you would slide into the 'sea'. I could have stayed there for hours as a child, much to my parents' boredom! Ventnor will always be sharp stones in your feet on the beach, hopping over the hot road for a mint choc chip ice cream then into the Gaiety in the height of summer.
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