Looking Back

It has been 30 years since the former Zanies nightclub in Sandown closed.

Your PHOTOS of Zanies nightclub 30 years on from closure

Newport in the 1970s and 1980s.

A trip down memory lane Newport in the '70s and '80s PHOTO collection

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Bob Brimson and Mabel Attrill shortly before their marriage.

From Newport to the Somme: Island First World War letters under the microscope

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‘Bill’ Harry Gordon Woolstencroft with his wife Anne.

War veteran who worked on Island radar station celebrates 100th birthday

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The Bees in 2012.

Fans "buzzing" as Island band The Bees announce return

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Elephants on Sandown beach

Memories of elephants taking a dip at Sandown beach in the 1980s PHOTOS

Prices Garage's famous air balloon, and Barry and son Matthew at work.

HERITAGE Prices Garage and the family's near 200 years at the heart of Island commerce

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Brighstone Post Office as it used to be, in North Street, once run by Mrs Creeth. The Post Office closed in 2013, relocating to the village shop. Photo : Chris Downer. Inset, Olivia Colman. Photo: PA

Exclusive Island village's 1930s anonymous vile letters scandal (just like Olivia Colman film!)

Newport Market, in its heyday in the early seventies, on the site of what is now the busy aisles of Morrison’s supermarket.

Isle of Wight news titbits from the 1960s from the sublime to the ridiculous!

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A row of shops in St Thomas's Square, Newport

Changing High Streets and the history of Island shop fronts

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Flooding on the Isle of Wight in 1960. Picture by Ted Clark.

Heritage: The day the sea fell from the sky

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Old newspaper adverts from the early 1980s, in the County Press.

Who remembers Charlie Brown's and Hard Times Cafe? Delve into the early 1980s PHOTOS!

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From left: Roy Truman, Linda Lusardi and Frank Bruno. Inset: The Sandringham Hotel. which once homed the Court Jester.

'I denied Frank Bruno entry to this former Island nightclub for wearing jeans'

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This is Cowes railway station, on the site of today’s M&S store, the morning after the tornado in October, 1876.

Remembering Island's unsung hero Walter Sibbick and the 1870 tornado

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The International Six Metre World Championships has come to Cowes.

Classic yachts race at Cowes in the International Six Metre World Championships TODAY

England legend Stuart Broad once played in the Brambles match of 2018.

Set your alarm clock early for traditional Brambles cricket match TOMORROW

Hotels on the Esplanade in Ryde, taken from an old undated postcard.

Card exposed affair and resulted in hotel shooting in 1909 case

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Ryde Carnival has been cancelled due to the weather.

Popular Ryde Carnival has been cancelled TONIGHT due to poor weather forecast

The International Six Metre World Championships has come to Cowes.

Classic yachts arrive in Cowes for 2023 International Six Metre World Championships

This is Cowes telephone exchange, one summer’s afternoon in 1980. Bob Green checks all is in order.

A look at the Island's telephone invasion and how Shanklin was the first to fold

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PS Waverley crossing the Solent

World's last seagoing paddle steamer to return to Ryde Pier for special tours

England legend Stuart Broad once played in the Brambles match of 2018.

Traditional Brambles cricket match between rival sailing clubs returns next month

Inside a classroom at the old York Street School, in Cowes. It closed in 1959.

Nostalgic school days exhibition coming to Cowes

Adverts in the County Press in 1953.

Take a trip back in time to the newspaper adverts of 1953

A 20/20 match to honour the memory of Island cricketing legend Keith Mitchell (inset) will be held at Newclose Cricket Ground tomorrow (Friday).

Island cricket legend to be honoured at special match TODAY

A 20/20 match to honour the memory of Island cricketing legend Keith Mitchell (inset) will be held at Newclose Cricket Ground tomorrow (Friday).

Special match at Newclose to celebrate life of Island cricket legend Keith Mitchell

This is the reception and control tower of Ryde Airport in the 1930s at Westridge, roughly on the site of today’s Tesco.

A fascinating potted history of Island flights in the 1930s

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It’s 1936 and ‘health and safety’ is unheard of. With no protective gear at all, these men are placing explosive charges to displace tons of chalk.

Shide Chalk Pit and its journey from noisy quarry to haven of peace and quiet

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Former County Press sports editors, from left: John Hamon, Clare Newman and Matt White.

ISLAND GAMES Past County Press sports editors share Island Games experiences over 32 years

Children in the Harvest Field. What a photograph - one of a series of posed shots taken on an unknown farm. The titles indicate they were competition entries.

Nostalgic colour photos of the Isle of Wight from almost a century ago

Medina Marching Band were part of the Armed Forces Day parade on Ryde seafront.

GALLERY PHOTOS Pride in Ryde and fun in the sun at special Armed Forces Day 2023

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There were plenty of nostalgic conversations to be had at Ryde Rowing Club's reunion of Round the Island rowers.

GALLERY Round the Island rowing feat celebrated by elite group at Ryde reunion

Manda Carey and Leigh Willis with Take That in 1992, when they filmed a music video in Sandown. Picture courtesy of Leigh Willis.

Fans remember time Take That and Robbie Williams filmed music videos on Isle of Wight

Alum Bay, past and present.

PHOTOS History of Isle of Wight attraction Alum Bay and the coloured sands

Mike Creed and pilot Dan Subhani at the Isle of Wight Airport.

Exclusive Dementia resident with passion for flying on cloud nine after dream trip

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Alan Roberts' old Land Rover

LETTER Memories of beloved old Land Rover and a quest to find out what happened to it

Tommy Barton was a highly respected cricketer on the Isle of Wight.

Ryde murder investigation: "Tommy was one of the very best IW cricketers"

Lower St James Street in the 1880s, complete with unmade road.

'A grim, soulless existence': a look back at the Island's workhouse

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The Skeeter XL765 on display at the Wight Aviation Museum.

Special presentation to mark Wight Aviation Museum's latest and largest display

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The Yar bridges are subject of a new exhibition.

New display shows bridges over the River Yar in days gone by

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Steam Yacht Iolanthe.

A look back at the sensational murder case of 1905

Palin's Column as it appeared in the County Press in 1994 and Michael Palin with Alan Marriott.

When Python star Michael Palin came to the Isle of Wight...and the County Press

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The Waverley paddle steamer

Waverley paddle steamer will be back in The Solent in September

The White Lion, Arreton.

NOSTALGIA More charming Isle of Wight pub sketches from the 1970s

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Wootton Bridge, Ryde Hospital, Coppins Bridge and Ryde Bus Station.

A look at some iconic Island locations in years gone by

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Alfred Caws and some of his sketches. Scroll through the gallery at the top of the page to see more.

NOSTALGIA Do you recognise the Island pubs sketched by Lancastria tragedy survivor Alfred Caws?

Harry Aitken died peacefully in Newport on March 13.

OBITUARY Last of Isle of Wight VJ Day servicemen Harry Aitken remembered

Crisco with pop duo Chas and Dave.

Remembering Crisco the Island’s own Tommy Cooper

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Cowes Head Post Office after the bombing raid of May 4-5, 1942, which left many dead. Oddly, there is no reference to the bombing in the diary.

A fascinating look at an Island post office diary from more than 100 years ago

Pictures from the Brick Hack exhibition.

History of bricks and their use on the Island (and can you contribute to new book)?

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Isle of Wight College staff party in the 1970s.

Isle of Wight College hosting 1970s reunion with showcase of archive images

The second Sandown Sprint returns soon.

SANDOWN SPRINT Sandown Sprint makes return with more race cars raring to go

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Are these the worst eyesores on the Island ... or is there worse?

PHOTOS Worst eyesores on the Isle of Wight?

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Albany Barracks.

Remembering the Island pubs where Albany Barracks soldiers whiled away the hours

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