Friday, February 3, 2012
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – February 3, 1912
A foreign warship seen approaching the Needles Battery with a crew member taking photographs caused alarm to coastguards.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – January 27, 1912
TWO prisoners broke into a Cowes property, ransacked it and then fell asleep.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – January 21, 1912
TWO people were injured when a car and a trap collided in Shanklin.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – January 13, 1912
A WAVE of industrial discontent, which was sweeping the country, reached the Island, as workers at J. S. White and Co went on strike.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – January 6, 1912
The new Sandown Fire Station was officially opened by Lord Alverstone.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – December 30, 1911
A children’s skating carnival with fancy dress attracted scores of youngsters to Ryde’s Pier Pavilion.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – December 16, 1911
A STORM caused a shipping disaster off the Island.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – December 16, 1911
A FIERCE gale caused widespread damage across the Island, particularly in seaside towns.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – December 9, 1911
TWIN brothers, Edwin and James a’Court Smith, of Gurnard, walked from Portsmouth to London in 22 hours.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – December 2, 1911
A PRISONER at Parkhurst was confined to the criminal lunatic asylum after his escapade on the prison roof.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – November 25, 1911
A Cowes youngster pleaded guilty to extinguishing a lamp in a public lavatory in Cowes.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – November 18, 1911
Two children were saved from a burning building by police and Salvation Army officers.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – November 11, 1911
A WOMAN surprised the Newport law courts when she turned up unannounced and sat down next to the justices.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – November 4, 1911
PLANS for an Island bacon factory were announced by the Royal IW Agricultural Society.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago – October 28, 1911
A Freshwater man was summoned for breach of the Betting Act 1874 after sending out football betting circulars.