Our next Local History Society Monthly Meeting will be on Friday 25 September 2026, when Lesley Telford will be talking about some of the memories of life in the last century that have been published by the Society – and some that are to come. Copies of some of our publications will be available on sale… read more »
Society Monthly Meeting: Friday 31 July 2026: Our next Local History Society Monthly Meeting will be on Friday 31 July 2026, when Andy Butler and Alan Clark will be giving us the second part of their series Ventnor – The Early Years. Andy and Alan’s talks are always popular, so we look forward to seeing… read more »
Ventnor & District Local History Society Open Meeting The Trustees would like to thank everybody who attended the Ventnor & District Local History Society Open Meeting held on 29 May 2026. We also extend thanks to those who couldn’t be with us on the night, who none the less, took time to contact us with… read more »
The Society meeting on Friday 28 November 2025 will be the last meeting of this year, and Paul Kingswell will be presenting a slideshow: My 2025 Collecting Year: 99 Old Photographs. The meeting will be in the Yarborough Masonic Hall on Grove Road as usual, 7:30 – 9:00 pm, admission free for VDLHS members, £4 for… read more »
Our next Society Monthly Meeting will be on 25 April 2025, when Andy Butler and Alan Clark will continue with Part 3 of their series Do you remember? An Isle of Wight Scrapbook. This final part covers 1970 to the present day. Andy and Alan’s talks are always popular, so we look forward to seeing… read more »
The first Independent or Congregational chapel was erected in Ventnor in 1836 at a cost of £500. It was located on the north side of the High Street in part of what is now the main shoppers’ car park. Sometime in the 1840s, the building was enlarged with the addition of a school room. A gallery… read more »
Our final monthly meeting for 2024 will be on 29th November, when Paul Thompson’s talk, ‘Nothing to see here . . . ‘ will be about the recent archaeological ground investigation into the emerging story of the possible WW2 raid on RAF St Lawrence in 1943. As always, the meeting is in the Yarborough Masonic… read more »
Myrtle Bay a postcard tale. By Michael Freeman.
250 Years of Undercliff Art, By Dr Robin McInnes Yarborough Masonic Hall, Grove road, Ventnor 7.30-9.30 pm, 25th October 2024 All Welcome Admission: Free for VDLHS members, £2 for non-members Image: Near St Catherine’s Point, Samuel McCloy, watercolour, 1882
We are very sorry to share the sad news that Janet Griffin, a loved and respected colleague, died on Friday 26th July in the Hospice after being diagnosed with cancer four years ago. Janet had been a member of the Ventnor & District Local History Society since the 1980s, and was our Chair for several years… read more »