Saturday 27th September – Ryde Town Club, Star Street Celebrating Summer in Style – Dance to the sounds from the 60s through to the 90s   Demonstration of LeRoc (Modern Jive) BURLESQUE AT ITS BEST!!! with Isabelle L’Amour and The Blue Moon Revue dancers Return to homepage.

Historic Ryde Society (HRS) was delighted to be invited to the Ticket to Ryde event in the Eastern Gardens over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Hosted by BBC Radio Solent DJ, and Ryde resident, Alex Dyke, the event proved very popular with scooterists and locals alike. Alex and Brian even got in on the fun by posing with one of the HRS photoboards! Return to homepage.

Flares to the fore!! – Find your flares and dig out your dancing shoes – it’s Disco Time! Historic Ryde Society is delighted to be joining forces with Breast Cancer Care to host ‘Summer Breeze’ at Ryde Town Club, Saturday, September 27. Tickets @ £5 are available from Splash, 01983 616257, Masqueryde, 01983 566333, or Ryde Town Club, 01983 567921. Hope to see you there…….grooving the groove…… Return to homepage.    

On Thursday, August 14, one day before the third anniversary of the opening of Ryde District Heritage Centre, Historic Ryde Society (HRS) welcomed Isle of Wight High Sheriff, Mrs Claire Locke, and Donald McGill family members Patrick Tumber and Liz Windsor, along with other invited guests, to join in the celebration of the official opening of the new displays. The Society was delighted to welcome new President, Gioia Minghella for the occasion. Several HRS volunteers threw themselves into the action and dressed up as McGill characters. James Bissell-Thomas, the owner of the Donald McGill Saucy Seaside Postcard Museum, was delighted with the morning’s proceedings and declared himself ‘part of a new family’. More information about events commemorating the WWI Centenary can be found on the Wight at War website.  Return to homepage.

From Monday, August 11 until Tuesday, September 30, Ryde District Heritage Centre and the Donald McGill Saucy Seaside Postcard Museum will open from 10am until 4pm, giving our visitors an extra hour of fun and entertainment! On Thursday, August 14, the Centre will be closed to the general public between 10am and 1pm, for the official Grand Opening of the McGill collection, and Historic Ryde Society’s Isle of Wight Rifles, and WWI centenary commemoration displays. Historic Ryde Society and Donald McGill Museum apologise for any inconvenience caused. Historic Ryde Society and Donald McGill Museum are delighted to welcome Donald’s great niece, Elizabeth Windsor, his grandson Patrick Tumber, Isle of Wight High Sheriff, Mrs Claire Locke and invited guests from the Isle of Wight and Ryde Town Councils for the ceremony. The proceedings will be opened by Ryde Town Crier, Steve King. Return to homepage