‘Giving Ryde’s Past to the Future’

Historic Ryde Society Quiz Night Thursday 29 January 2026 at Yelf's Hotel, at 7p.m. for 7.30pm.    The Museum of Ryde will be closed from 20th December 2025 to the 17th February 2026.

News items from the 1890s newspapers

1890s Odds and Ends

1890 – The Oldest Local Paper – The Observer’s 2000th edition

1890 – The Grand Old Man

1890 – An Incautious Landlord

1890 – Charity in Ryde

1890 – “It vos damn humbug!” – a race across the Solent

1890 – Victoria Rooms become Town Hall Chambers

1893 – An Eccentric Artiste

1893 – Complaint about the Hazelwood ‘young cads’

1894 – Funny names

1895 – Bird Life in the town

1895 – Ryde Horse and Carriage Show

1895 – A runaway in High Street

1897 – The Motherbank Quarantine ships

1899 – A singular Accident

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