An Introduction to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Archive Just a quick reminder that the April meeting/talk is tomorrow evening, 7:30 pm at the Masonic Hall on Grove Road. The speaker will be Gary Newman, whose subject will be ‘An Introduction to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Archive. Admission is free to members, visitors are… read more »
Ventnor and District Local History Society 2023 Annual General Meeting The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Friday 24 March 2023 from 7:30 to 9:00 PM in the Masonic Hall on Grove Road, Ventnor. Only members in good standing are eligible to vote at the meeting. If you have not… read more »
Speakers: Hazel Pullen and Sharon Beddard from the Isle of Wight Family History Society on The Voluntary Aid Detachment on the Isle of Wight, 1914-1918 The meeting will be in the Yarborough Masonic Hall on Grove Road, 7,30-9 pm. All welcome (attendance is free for members and £2 for non-members. Members please note: As there… read more »
28 October 2022: Ventnor & District Local History Society Monthly meeting. (7.30 – 9 pm) The Speaker this month is John Elton, with a talk on Seeing and Visual Imagination in Victorian England. His talk uses the work of authors and artists, some of whom visited or lived in Ventnor and the surrounding district, to… read more »
The next meeting of Ventnor & District Local History Society will be on Friday 29 July, when the speaker will be author Stephan Roman. His talk, Ventnor and the Struggle Against Imperial Russia, tells the surprising story of how between 1855 and 1860 Ventnor became a favoured summer retreat for Russians looking for political and… read more »
Our Society ‘Monthly Meetings’ are back at last! The first meeting for 2022 will be on 24 June, when Andy Butler and Alan Clark will be presenting a talk entitled A Naturalist’s Lockdown. The photograph here is one of Andy’s, taken on Bembridge Down in December 2021. Andy’s talks are always popular, and since we… read more »
We are very happy to announce the return of our regular monthly meetings, beginning in June. Our schedule of speakers for the rest of 2022 is below. As in the past, meetings will be at the Masonic Hall on Grove Road at 7:30-9:00 PM, on the last Friday of every month. There will be no… read more »
Ventnor and District Local History Society 2022 Annual General Meeting The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Monday 4 April 2022 from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the Masonic Hall on Grove Road, Ventnor. The meeting will be followed by a short slide show about the history of the Cascade… read more »
We regret that our monthly Society Meetings are suspended during the pandemic. We hope to resume them as soon as possible.
The talk, by Nick Minns, will focus on the life and scientific career of Michael Faraday, with special emphasis on the time he spent on the Isle of Wight. The meeting will, as usual, be held at the Masonic Hall in Grove Road, Ventnor, and starts at 7.30 pm. Entry is free to members, while visitors… read more »