‘Giving Ryde’s Past to the Future’

Historic Ryde Society Quiz Night Thursday 30 October 2025 at Yelf's Hotel, at 7p.m. for 7.30pm.

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Martin Jenkins

It is with utter disbelief that the Society has to announce the death of a second trustee in as many weeks. Martin arrived quite recently on the Isle of Wight,

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Life and Death on the Mary Rose

Historic Ryde Society was delighted to welcome to Ryde, Trevor Sapey of the Mary Rose Trust, and to learn all about King Henry VIII’s famous flagship, the Mary Rose. Built in

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Ryde Theatre opens – Spring 1991

Medina Borough Council News Since our last edition the conversion works to form a theatre multi complex within the Ryde Town Hall, have now been completed. The venue was officially

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Yacht America defeat!

Following on from her great successes in 1851, the 1852 Ryde Regatta proved to be different for the America. Widely reported in the press, the turnaround of her fortunes came as a

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