‘Giving Ryde’s Past to the Future’
Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, the 70s and 80s disco due to take place at Ryde Town Club this evening has been postponed. The event will now take place on the evening of Saturday, November 9, from 8pm until midnight. Tickets are £4 and available from Splash, Union Street, on 616257, or on the door. Many apologies for any inconvenience caused. Return to homepage.
With each day’s work in the confectionery room next to the ice well, more mysteries come to light! This week, Jerry and Michael have revealed two more arches in the brickwork – an inverted arch, under a recess, and a dinky little arch at floor level, which we’re considering may have been an oven. If anyone has any thoughts on this intriguing matter, please get in touch – we’re all ears! Return to Homepage
Jerry and Michael have been doing a sterling job over the summer, tidying, cleaning, scraping walls and removing old plaster, and the confectionery room is looking greatly different to how it looked before. There is still a great deal of work to be done, which will progress over the winter months. As the Centre moves to winter opening hours in November, there will be opportunities for volunteers to come and help with various tasks during times when the Centre is closed. If there’s anyone out there who’d like to become involved with anything, please shout! The more volunteers we have, the sooner the wonderful Ice Well can be opened for public viewing. Return to Homepage.
The Ice Well Fund needs you! If you would like to help raise funds to open the ice well to the general public, please consider joining the localgiving website’s ‘Grow a Tenner’ campaign, which kicks off at 10am tomorrow, Tuesday, October 15. The nation has a pot of £500,000 which will help numerous charities and community groups around the country. If you’d like to help us, please go to www.localgiving.com/charity/hrs sign up, and pledge a one off donation of £10, or consider donating £10 a month for the next six months, which will be match-funded to aid Historic Ryde Society. The match-funding will run out when the coffers run dry! Donations can also be made through the localgiving website at any time throughout the year. This match-funding opportunity is one means of maximising the interest in the community for what Historic Ryde Society is doing. Return to Homepage
A sell out crowd enjoyed a wonderful evening of harp and sitar music at The Blacksheep Club Lounge in Ryde, on Sunday, October 3, 2013. Many thanks to Island Printers for supplying posters and tickets, and to Lesley for her help with this. Also to Annie and her staff at at The Blacksheep Bar for opening on a Sunday at fairly short notice. Most of all, huge thanks to Anna and her team at Michelangelo’s, who came out in force – along with many of their regular customers! – to have an enjoyable evening, whilst raising funds for Ryde District Heritage Centre. It’s great to know such community spirit exists in Ryde, and that businesses in the town are prepared to support each other for the common good! Long may it continue! Return to Homepage
