Historic Ryde Society

‘Giving Ryde’s Past to the Future’

Historic Ryde Society Quiz Night Thursday 28 September 2023 at Yelf's Hotel, at 7p.m. for 7.30pm.

1860s Odds and Ends

Snippets of interest from the newspapers of the 1860s

1860 Oddments – a mendicant ends up in the cells….

1860 – G Basset – grafitti artist!

1860 – Steam horseboat and Sunday thieving 

1860 – Swimming pigs! – added 17.7.10

1860 – An Uncommon Fish – added 17.7.10 

1860 – A Boat Accident  – added 3.7.10

1860 – Donkey Racing – added 5.7.10

1860 – Guy Fawkes – added 5.7.10

1861 – Nine pennyworth of pork

1861- The awning nuisance

1861 – The Steamboat issue

1861 – Island coaches

1861 – A Penny Savings Bank added 23.6.10

1861 – The Gas Lamp problem  added 22.6.10

1861 – The Light of the World exhibited in Ryde added 21.6.10

1861 – A Town Crier for Ryde and improved Water Supply added 24.6.10

1861 – The first sewing machine in Ryde added 22.6.10

1862 – Musical tastes differ – no more “footing it”! added 22.6.10

1863 – uses of museums

1864 – Malicious Damage – added 13.7.10

1864 – the Police – added 12.7.10

1864 – Fire-fighting practice! 

1864 – Bathing on the Beach

1864 – Lost and Found Office added 12.7.10

1864 – A novel launch – Mr Ellison’s removal sinks into the briny 

1865 – Optical illusions over the Solent

1867 – Snowballing

1868 – The Stone Throwing Nuisance

1868 – The creation of Ryde Borough Council 

1868 – Furniture lost off Ryde pier

1869 – The Ryde Lifeboat

1869 – The launch of the new lifeboat

1869 – Hans Busk to the rescue!

1869 – Civic Furniture

1869 – Long Shanks and Electric Spark – running match

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