Historic Ryde Society

‘Giving Ryde’s Past to the Future’

Historic Ryde Society Quiz Night Thursday 28 September 2023 at Yelf's Hotel, at 7p.m. for 7.30pm.

Letters from the 1860s

Observer October 1860 – Warning to Scoffers

Observer June 1861 – Street obstructions

Observer March 1864 – Touting in Ryde

Observer March 1864 – Wherefore art thou, Romeos? 

Observer November 1864 – Noise Nuisance in Ryde

Observer April 1865 – Helping the blind

Observer August 1866 – Stench in Swanmore and The Dogs of Ryde

Observer April 1867 – Want of a recreation ground.

Observer March 1868 – The Town Clocks

Observer March 1868 – Railway horse-boxes

Observer September 19, 1868 Circus Complaint

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