Local History Articles 2016
Ventnor & District Local History History Articles from 2016:
Please note not all articles are available here yet – keep checking!
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The Battle of the Flowers: 5 April 1894 [First published 14/04/2016]
Behind the scenes: Combe Wood in the 1890s [First published 31/03/2016]
The Bijou Cinema [First published 10/03/2016]
Bonchurch National School [First published 21/07/2016]
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Chaplin’s Corner [First published 25/08/2016]
Charles Frank Guy – A Ventnor soldier on Imperial Service [First published 24/11/2016]
Charles Frank Guy – A World War One Soldier Returns [First published 17/11/2016]
Colin Brown – Recollections of a Ventnor Childhood 1: The Late 1930s [First published 03/11/2016]
Colin Brown – Recollections of a Ventnor Childhood 2: A young boy’s memories of war [First published 10/11/2016]
A Corner of the Car Park [First published 26/05/2016]
Cycling around Ventnor in 1900 [First published 07/07/2016]
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Early history of the Undercliff Part 1 [01/12/2016]
Early history of the Undercliff Part 2: Medieval [08/12/2016]
‘The Emperor of Ethiopia has had a very nice time indeed’ [23/01/2016]
Express to Ventnor [15/09/2016]
George Dennes, Hercules Langrishe, and a mystery house [28/04/2016]
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A History of Ventnor Carnival by Fay Brown [First published 28/07/2016]
Victor and Molly Fleming and the Honeythorne Notes [First published 01/09/2016]
A Hundred and Twenty Years of Entertainment [First published 14/01/2016]
Listening to the Enemy 1: Ventnor’s Y Station [First published 29/09/2016]
Listening to the Enemy 2: The Wrens’ War in Ventnor [First published 06/10/2016]
Local names for Ventnor places: Part 1 [First published 17/03/2016]
Local names for Ventnor places: Part 2 [First published 24/03/2016]
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‘Nova Espero’ (New Hope) 1949 [First published 11/08/2016]
October 1987 – Ventnor’s great storm [First published 20/10/2016]
The Pacific Glory Disaster [First published 30/06/2016]
Past Ventnor characters: Billy Flint’s Parrot [First published 12/05/2016]
Past Ventnor Characters: Holy Joe [First published 19/05/2016]
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St Boniface and the Christmas Tree [First published 21/12/2016]
Steephill Castle 1: From Cottage to Castle [First published 15/12/2016]
A Tale of Two Inns [First published 18/08/2016]
Telephone comes to Ventnor [First published 09/06/2016]
Time closes on Florence Villa [First published 25/02/2016]
Under the Floorboards [First published 27/10/2016]
Up Soapsuds Alley [First published 05/05/2016]
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Ventnor & Bonchurch Lit & Scientific Inst (1) Disgraceful Acts [First published 28/01/2016]
Ventnor & Bonchurch Lit & Scientific Inst (2) Fossils and Sunday Schools [First published 04/02/2016]
A Ventnor boyhood in the 1940s [First published 14/07/2016]
Ventnor Exchange Part 1: Ventnor’s Hello Girls [First published 16/06/2016]
Ventnor Exchange Part 2: Hello Girls say goodbye [First published 23/06/2016]
Ventnor Fire Brigade – A Brief History [First published 7 January 2016]
Ventnor in 1729 [First published 13/10/2016]
Ventnor on the Dance Floor – The Winter Gardens [First published 18/02/2016]
Ventnor on the Dancefloor – Julisa’s Night Club [First published 11/02/2016]
Ventnor Railway Arrives 1866 [First published 08/09/2016]
The Ventnor Town Band [First published 03/03/2016]
Ventnor West – memories from a railway lost to time [First published 22/09/2016]
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When donkeys ruled the road [First published 02/06/2016]
Whitwell Schoolchildren in 1918 [First published 21/04/2016]