Isle of Wight Heritage

General John Seely MP Much has changed over the past century, yet much has remained the same - including the state of the Island's roads. Major General John Seely MP - speaking to the Isle of Wight Liberal Party on...

Ice hockey was the premier sport on the Isle of Wight for 25 years, but it all came to a sad end in 2016. We usually associate the sport of ice hockey with a colder climate, with teams from Eastern...

An Isle of Wight woman and a Guernsey woman discovered their husband had been bigamously married for 15 years at an inquest into his death on 18th February 1934. The inquest was held to ascertain the cause of death of...

The mother of Harry Roberts - the killer of 3 policemen - appeared before magistrates in Newport accused of trying to help her son's escape bid from prison on 16th February 1973. Mrs Dorothy Roberts - a 73-year-old widow -...

In the 4th (and last - for now) of our series on iconic Isle of Wight nightclubs, Island Echo examines The Balcony nightclub in Ryde, which had its heyday in the 90s and 00s. The Balcony - situated above LA...

A Solent tunnel is not a new idea - a  resolution supporting a proposed tunnel was passed by Ventnor District Council at their meeting on 9th February 1914. Boring operations had recently taken place at Fort Victoria near Yarmouth to...

In a new series, Island Echo takes a look at former Isle of Wight sports teams, and we start with Ryde Sports... In their heyday, the Reds - a club with a 110-year history - were 1 of the 'big 3'...

Sir Charles Seely Photo: Nottingham City Council Said to be one of the first public lending libraries in England, the Newport Technical Institute and Seely Library was opened by Lord Alverstone in Upper St James' Street, Newport on 30th January...

It's now been almost 12 years since Colonel Bogey's - which formerly graced Sandown Esplanade - shut its doors for the final time. At the time of its closure, at the end of 2012, Bogey's was the only venue with...

Horringford was a rarely used station from around the end of World War I to its closure in 1956, which in its heyday had been the centre for the distribution of Arreton Valley agricultural produce. The reason for its descent...