Herewith our double Issue of Arcadia: Arcadia Spring-Summer 2017 More editions here.

Graham Street has given a very attractive and informative talk about Island Bat Hospital in front of more than 30 guests and members of HRS at Yelf’s Hotel.  Bringing two bats and feeding them in front of the audience that asked various questions about the bats and the Hospital’s activities added  more excitement to the presentation, .

Herewith our Winter Issue of Arcadia: Arcadia Winter 2016-17 More editions here.

Balfour (1843 – 1916) was an English businessman, Liberal politician, and fraudster. According to the Daily Telegraph, “Jabez Spencer Balfour JP, MP was probably the greatest financial fraudster in British history, an embezzler on a Melmottian scale dwarfing the far lesser con-tricks of Trebitsch-Lincoln, Horatio Bottomley, Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Archer combined.”

WINNA DINNER DRAW! Historic Ryde Society announces its Christmas Raffle, when you can win a meal for two. The draw will take place on Saturday 31st December at Noon by the Town Crier in Minghella Square, Ryde. Tickets, only £1 each, are for sale at the Ryde District Heritage Centre, Royal Victoria Arcade, Union Street.