Friday, February 3, 2012
WIGHT LIVINGINSPIRING, caring and considerate young people, who put the needs of their family before their own, show exactly why we should have faith in the younger generation.
Friday, February 3, 2012
THIS ISLAND LIFEHOW'S it going with the bins then? Ours suddenly appeared at the end of the path looking sullen and resentful; Little and Large, the R2D2 and C3PO of the refuse world.
Friday, February 3, 2012
THE VIEW FROM HEREHURRAH for the Queen’s jubilee, which gives us a good excuse for a party, as well as the opportunity to thank Her Majesty for her perfect grace and dedication over the past 60 years in performing her somewhat weird job.
Friday, February 3, 2012
GARDENINGBEFORE the council came up with wheelie bins, caddies and the like, gardeners had embraced recycling wholeheartedly.
Friday, February 3, 2012
PROPERTY OF THE WEEKIN a leafy setting, where you could almost hear a pin drop if it were not for the sound of birdsong, is Woodpeckers, a spacious, light-filled home, providing a perfect family nest.
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, February 3, 2012
LETTERSFrom Matt Edmunds, director, Stainless Games Ltd, Newport:
I RUN an office of 50 people in the centre of Newport, and we have a number of staff who cycle in from Cowes every day.
Friday, February 3, 2012
LETTERSFrom Gary Eldridge, Ryde:
AS Southern Water has the right to increase prices as it sees fit, so do customers have the right not to pay the increase and to either enter negotiations singularly or collectively to reach an agreement.
Friday, February 3, 2012
LETTERSFrom M. Clark, Freshwater:
ISLAND pupils are trailing behind the national average (CP, January 27). Is it any wonder when the headmistress at Carisbrooke College allegedly gives pupils not wearing correct uniform detention?
Friday, February 3, 2012
LETTERSFrom Tim Bristow, Seaview:
INTERESTING articles ‘State of the Island debate’ (CP, 27-01-12) and ‘Can IW attract new factory’ and ‘IW to get better business help’ (CP, 20-01-12).
Friday, February 3, 2012
LETTERSFrom Mrs Doreen Gazey, Wootton:
I BELIEVE the main topic of conversation in the UK is supposed to be the weather.
Friday, January 27, 2012
WIGHT LIVINGEACH week, its seems the list of economic casualties grows longer on the Island, as the global downturn is reflected in the empty shops and growing job queues.
Friday, January 27, 2012
THIS ISLAND LIFEBLIMEY, can’t a man lose a few pounds in peace? No sooner had I announced my intention to shed a couple of stones in this column two weeks ago than they all started piling in
Friday, January 27, 2012
THE VIEW FROM HERECONGRATULATIONS to The Hillside in Ventnor, not least for making us all sit up at the ann-ouncement it is the second best hotel in the country.
Friday, January 27, 2012
GARDENINGSNOWDROPS are the garden portent of weather changing for the better