‘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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New for 2015!

Thanks to the technical skills of volunteer Marius, visitors to the website can now read back issues of the Society’s newsletter, Arcadia. They can be found on the drop-down menu

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Cream Tea and Babycham Night

A sell-out event, Cream Tea and Babycham Night proved to be one of Historic Ryde Society’s most successful fundraising efforts! Nearly 80 fans came along to Yelf’s Hotel to hear

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A 1900 IW Observer

The Isle of Wight Observer – Saturday, December 1, 1900. Cantata: A pretty cantata, entitled “Bundles of Sticks”, was performed on Thursday evening at the George Street Congregational Schoolroom, by

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Snippets from 1900 County Press

November 3 1900 THE BIOGRAPH – still continues to please large audiences at the Pavilion. THE THEATRE – is to be reopened on Monday with the sensational drama entitled “No

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