Welcome to Isle of Wight Archive . The home of unseen amateur Isle of Wight cine film from a golden era . Maybe you remember those days when the sun seemed to shine constantly and the steam trains ran throughout our island ? Well Isle of Wight Archive is here to bring back those memories . These vintage films are taken from the original one off reels and scanned to digital formats by myself . I also do sprinkle in some modern Isle of Wight film of things happening at the moment . I always welcome your comments and memories associated with each film . This is a hobby project and labour of love .
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My sister popped into Yavaland Sandown Holiday park the other day. Sadly the club house, shop and fancy restaurant has gone and been turned into something else. The entrance also says private road now. Not gonna stop us visiting
Very hard question to answer indeed. So many favorite places to choose. Shanklin is lovely. The drive along military road is delightful. Arreton barns is fantastic. Dinner at the Fishermans cottage is always on our 'to do' list every year. Fantastic island 😊😊
Good to see the fountain working. It was off whilst I was there in mid August. Real shame as I used to love walking through the water garden many years ago and this part is all that remains.
I remember one there in the early 1990s. It used to beckon "Come over 'ere! I'm starvin'! Me belly thinks me throats been cut!". Then when someone deposited some litter in his piraty cake hole he gave out a resounding belch. Great way to get kids to put litter in the bin. 👍
This book is the last word on the life of Olivia Parkes. With contributions from her family and yours truly amongst others. www.ventnorheritage.org.uk/product/britannia-the-extraordinary-life-of-olivia-parkes/
The Portsmouth of my Childhood/youth/late teens. I remember my nan and I sitting on the sea front just looking across to the Island in the Summer of '72 when I'd just started my final year at college. The following Easter she died aged 59 - 1 day before her 60th birthday. She used to run a little shop on Commercial Road called Shop & Save, but the Ss fell off so we referred to it "Hop & Ave".
Great question. I have only known it as a ruin. This was filmed in 2010 . I believe it is still there in a derelict state. It isn't on a cliff edge or unstable land as such. I cannot find any information online so a bit of a mystery.
They never said he was coming back, so probably never. Like jungle land, gnomes,liquorice factory, smuggler land, smugglers cave, aviaries, jurassic club etc it doesn't return.
0:11 Long shot of Thatchers End. 0:28 Thatcher working on roof. 0:48 Close up shot of thatcher working. 1:27 Bundle of thatch. 1:47 Thatchers End sign on building.
Stocks Cross (Chine) Cottage - Built mid c.18 to mid c.19. 1 1/2 storeys, constructed of coursed stone rubble with side alternate quoins, gabled roof. Roof gone on half of cottage. Walls several feet thick in part of building. Ironstone used in construction wooden roof covered with felt. In ruins - east part had thatched roof in the late 70s when it was last used. National Grid Reference: SZ 44847 79928 (point) SZ47NW Point.
Top marks here - some magnificent views of Gore Cliff, the coastline and Rocken End. That path down to the beach is simply fantastic - I wonder when exactly that disappeared. I'm sure I've seen it on the 1970s / 80s maps.
hope nurseryland does not fall into the sea.... its looking very close to that unstable cliff-edge.....otherwise jack will have to build himself a new house......
0:11 Alresford railway station 31874 arriving under sun lane bridge. 0:30 Leaving Alresford railway station towards Ropley. 0:51 Ropley railway station 0:57 31874 arriving. 1:32 Medstead and FourMarks railway station. 1:52 Arriving at Ropley from Medstead FourMarks. 2:00 Approaching Alresford from Ropley. 2:11 34016 Bodmin. 2:20 34016 Bodmin departing Alresford railway station.
As much as i love love the area, its sad to see how bright and clean it was and what it looks like now. Giuseppe hasnt moved at all in my trips this year, and the turtles are still placed on the ground rather than hanging from the trees!
