I have never been to the Isle of Wight, but I became fascinated with it after reading reading Baby Cham Night by Philip Norman or Norman Philip plse forgive me not sure. I just wish I had my life experience on that island. I was so happy to find this video and the nostalgic music took me right there. I stopped the video every now and again to look at the pier where he grew up. It brought the book alive for me. Thank you Greetings from S Africa
Wonderful. Takes me back to my childhood when my family would visit and stay with a relative. He was a jeweler on Main St. ( or High St..just up from the ferry) in Cowes. Must have been early in the 50s. Blissful and carefree for my sister and I. Thanks for posting.
This is so beautiful I cried because it was apart of my life when we were still on the island. Life so much better, everybody had a good life because there were jobs and it gave a contentment for living. Not like today’s lifestyle it one big shambles of uncertainty.
You might find this hard to believe, but I drove my car through the Ventnor tunnel with my then-girlfriend, just after they had taken the rails & sleepers up. Late 70's early 80's
We had our honeymoon in the tower room of the Ryde Castle Hotel in 1984. I was later told that Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull stayed in the same room when the Stones played Ryde in the mid sixties.
Wow fantastic, thanks for posting 😁.. I can still feel the sun on my face making sand castles on Ryde beach as a 10yr old, we stayed in Warners Puckpool holiday park a few times, I was a warners wagtail lol! We went out on many trips, Robin Hill Blackgang chine.. Wonderful!
Being going to the island since I was a kid , I've taken my kids and my grandkids , we all love the place , it looked even better back then , top film , thanks for the effort .
Its been almost 45 years since I holidayed on the IOW. It was in the 1960`s. We always stayed at a caravan site in Shanklin. We got a coach from the Midlands and then the ferry across to the island, hovercraft if dad was feeling flush! The best two weeks of the school holiday. We would jump on the old green busses or the railway and see the sights. Dad was a club man and had his CIU affiliation card so we got into the local working men`s club for cheap beer and bingo. Then home to the caravan to watch him struggle to light those little gas lamps after a few beers. Great times, lovely island, I hope to return one day before I shuffle off this mortal coil. Thanks for the memories.
Hi there am Alberto in shanklin how are you I'm in Donnington drive shanklin yous didn't stop at landgaurd holiday park there where the Manor House is been here for 4yrs and 6 months now and looking to get back to the mainland margate that way
Most of this was when? About 1963 or 64? I was there those summers. Did it ever rain in the 60s?! Just as I recall from Waterloo down to Portsmouth and the paddle steamer across the water. My dad used to wear a hat on holiday just like the guy at 6.22! Brilliant compilation sir.
Great memories. Acker Bilk was always my favourite. I remember in the 50s getting the electric train from London to Portsmouth and Summer Place was playing constantly on someones tape recorder. Stuck with me ever since. We used to holiday in Gurnard at my Auntie`s.
MrRabson55, shouldn't you really call yourself 'cheekybastard55' ? (You do have a cracking sense of humour, though.) By the way, the music is bloody awful!
It's amazing how, despite things changing at the isle of wight; a lot of places stayed the same. Most if not, all these places are still here, either repurposed or still used as it was back then! The only thing that changed is how people looked. To think, you can still walk that same path a 1900-1930 farmer walked all those years ago...
