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Ten years ago: An Island man who had been given up for adoption, enjoyed an emotional meeting 65 years later with the sister he never knew he had.
At a tearful reunion in her Somerset home, Joyce Suter met her long-lost brother, Bill Edwards, 64, of Church Place, Freshwater.
Joyce and three of her four siblings were evacuated from London during the Second World War and did not hear of Bill's birth.
After Bill's mother died, he was adopted and ended up at Totland with his new family, where they ran a guest house.
He said: "I just took it I was an orphan. My adoptive parents were really strict but everything I wanted I had. I couldn't have wished for anything better."

100 Years Ago
April 28, 1917


AFTER a naval battle in The Channel ended with two German destroyers resting on the seabed, Edwin Hall presented a lecture covering war on, under and over the sea.
He laid stress on the excellent work done by stokers, "who have no excitement or sight of battle to urge them on, yet much depends on their devotion to duty."


75 Years Ago
May 2, 1942


The brave action of a nameless soldier saved the life of a boy whose boat had capsized on the River Medina.
The gunner dived to the rescue when he saw a sailing boat capsize with two youths aboard.


50 Years Ago
April 29, 1967


One congregation was left unamused at the prospect of an arcade opening up next door to Newport Congregational Church.
Church treasurer Mr S. W. Wendes objected on the grounds a church was supposed to help young people with religious education, whereas an arcade made money from young people.


25 Years Ago
May 1, 1992


It was announced director Ken Russell, best known for his flamboyant and sexualised work, planned to film a steamy version of Lady Chatterley's Lover on the Island.
He had previously visited the IW to make a documentary and fell in love with the place.
Public relations manager for IW Tourism Jane Jones said: "I wasn't surprised he came back to do another film as he likes it here so much."


10 Years Ago
April 27, 2007


A drinker who hid in the ventilation shaft of a pub lavatory before climbing out and helping himself to cigars and beer pleaded guilty to burglary.
The man had been hiding in the
shaft since 2am but tripped a silent alarm at 6.37am as he was pouring himself a pint.


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