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Friday, July 3, 2009

Transport of delight for ferry travellers?

WIGHT LIVINGJAMES Fulford had hardly squeezed his knees under his Red Funnel desk when news of our MP seeking an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into the ferry companies drifted his way.

Friday, July 3, 2009

It’s not natural justice – and needs sorting out

THIS ISLAND LIFEI FIRST encountered Trevor Allen almost 50 years ago. I was playing centre-half for Swanmore County Primary School and he was centre-forward for Nettlestone County Primary School.

Friday, July 3, 2009

A thrift benchmark

THE VIEW FROM HERETHE council is setting a fine example in austerity, with cost-cutting exercises all the rage at County Hall. The coffee and tea budget has been slashed.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Salad days prove runaway success

GARDENINGWHAT a difference a month makes.
My daughter, Roseanna, took the first pic on May 25 after her sister, Bella, planted 32 lettuces — one of which was sampled live on air on IW Radio just a couple of days ago.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Big blooms will delight all summer

GARDENINGHIBISCUS is a shrub that likes it hot and the blue variety is one that delights just outside our kitchen window.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Island’s feathered visitors added to red danger list

GARDENINGGARDENS are fantastic places for birds.
Even postage stamp town patches are little oases, as my chum, Jane Clarke, knows so very well, putting so much effort to attract feathered friends and protect them from the town cats.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Pumpkins at the ready

GARDENINGI RECEIVED this little e-missive the other day and it tickled me.
The balance between veg and flowers in the garden, and especially in my little column, is a delicate one.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Enjoy chance to visit Ashknowle House

GARDENINGSTALWART of the Island’s charity National Gardens Scheme, Jennie Fradgley, and her husband, Keith, open the garden of Ashknowle House, Whitwell, at the weekend.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Lordly living in this hi-tech heaven

PROPERTY OF THE WEEKFROM the start, it is evident a stunning contemporary home at Sandford, with beautiful unspoilt countryside and downland views, reflects the tastes and personality of its extrovert owner.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Looking Back: Friday, July 3, 2009

LOOKING BACK100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago
100 Years Ago - July 3, 1909
Two famous musicians performed at a concert in Cowes to raise money for the Church Army.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Tracking down namesake of Warrior Avenue

ISLANDERS REUNITEDFrom Margaret Jessup, Cowes Heritage Group, 36 Granville Road, Cowes. P031 7JF. email: maggie2lo@tiscali.co.uk
I AM looking for information on the life of Walter Henry Warrior (1873-1950).

Friday, July 3, 2009

Did you stay at stately home in the war?

ISLANDERS REUNITEDFrom Johnnie Manckiy, 4000 Serenity Lane , Greenwood, Arkansas 72936 USA
e-mail: jmanckiy@cox.net
I AM a history student at university in the United States working on a research project on British country houses during the Second World War.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Do you recall pre-war regatta?

ISLANDERS REUNITEDFrom Mary Penn, Ryde:
I OFTEN wonder if anyone remembers Shanklin Regatta pre war? They were such fun.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Language of heaven is music to the ears

LETTERSFrom Gwyn Davies, Newport:
SO, the IW has hit the national headlines again! (CP, 26-06-09)
That a shopkeeper should object to customers talking to each other — a private conversation — in their own first language is a denial of equality, human rights and downright rudeness.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Google reveals truth

LETTERSFrom M. Page, Sandown:
THERE has been talk over the past few days that Google has been about taking pictures of Sandown to add to Google Earth.

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