Looking Back

Clockwise from top left, Casa Espanol, Fred Whittingham, Colonel Bogeys and the site of the former Keats nightclub in Shanklin.

Favourite Island nightclubs remembered but which one was the best?
"Zanies - 92/93. Also have to mention Keats upstairs and Sams downstairs. Butterfly World got pretty wild too. Many fragmented memories."

Scenes from around the Isle of Wight in the 1960s and 70s.

Memories Quirky tales from the pages of the County Press in the 1960s

Colin van Geffen's Puckpool Park Schneider Trophy Week 1929 cup.

Letter Can readers solve mystery of Puckpool Park Schneider Trophy Week 1929 cup?

Diamond Jubilee 2012. Jubilee party at Westover House, Calbourne. From left, Eileen Perkins, Andy Lambert, Grace Mobley four and Sandra Mobley. Photo: IWCP Archive.

Jubilee Memories Diamond Jubilee party PHOTOS from 2012 and how to send yours

Warren Riches from HRD Auction Rooms in Brading on the Isle of Wight an and (inset) the bowls that sold for around £200,000.

WATCH VIDEO Life changing sale price for two antique Chinese bowls at Brading auction rooms

Some of the many Isle of Wight sights which have changed over the years.

Memories The Island’s many changing and lost industries remembered PHOTOS

Don't forget to order your special Queen's Platinum Jubilee commemorative publication.

Commemorative book It's not too late to order Queen's jubilee book with stories from Isle of Wight

The first fleet of convicts sent to Botany Bay in Australia from a mooring near Appley Tower 235 years ago will be marked with an event.

First fleet of convicts sent to Botany Bay from Ryde to be marked with event

By Mickey Lewis.

PHOTOS/VIDEO Blyskawica events continue this weekend plus VIDEO and PHOTOS of ORP Wodnik

Scenes from Newport Quay in the 1960s and 70s. Photos: Alan Stroud.

Memories The life and times of Newport Quay and the Island capital’s harbour

Left, Bruce Carpenter as an eight-year-old in 1940, and right, scenes from the bombed area in Kings Road/Yarborough Road, East Cowes.

East Cowes blitz Survivor recalls night the bombs fell on East Cowes plus details of exhibition

Some of the many cars which will be at the show and inset, Bangers & Cash star Sarah Crabtree will be there too!

PHOTOS TV star to appear at autumn 21st Classic Car Extravaganza

After a successful Isle of Wight Story Festival, there's now a new walking app.

How to download new mobile phone app uncovering Newport's secrets

In the coming week there will be a range of commemorative events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Blyskawica's defence of Cowes and East Cowes.

Commemorative events Rundown of events starting TODAY to mark Blyskawica's defence Cowes and East Cowes

The Queen will enjoy a pageant for her platinum jubilee, featuring Shademakers (top, Lily George and Joe Plumb), and (below) Ventnor Comic Jazz Band. Picture courtesy of Facebook/ Ventnor Comic Jazz Band.

Ed Sheeran, Ventnor Comic Jazz Band, Shademakers as Queen's Jubilee acts unveiled

Sandown’s 2022 Carnival Queens, from left, Maisie Holbrook, ten, Danni Pressey, ten, Nadia Mobarak, nine, Emily Parker, 11, Ava Rooney, 11, and Phoebe-Madison Parr, 11.

Sandown's summer carnival is back and there's funding to help people take part

Motorcycles on display at the Vintage and Classic Show at Ventnor Winter Gardens.

Vintage and classic motorcycles admired at busy show

Scenes from the Isle of Wight's railways in the 1960s.

Memories Tales from the rise and fall of our characterful Island railway network

Historic Britten-Norman Islander AircraftG-AVCN will be on show.

Another chance to see restored Britten-Norman Islander TODAY

Residents of The Mall in Binstead are upset about the amount of red tape needed to have a Queen's Jubilee street party. They are supported by Cllr Ian Dore, left.

EXCLUSIVE Red tape scuppers Queen's Jubilee street party plans

Newport High Street has barely changed since 1905!

Discover historic Newport free on Thursday morning

Lumberjills, including Ann Moffat, taking a break during forestry work on the Isle of Wight. Photo: Joanna Foat.

Nostalgia Marking 80 years of pioneering lumberjills working on the Isle of Wight WATCH

Steephill Castle, Ventnor. Photo: David White.

Memories Fascinating history behind forgotten Ventnor building Steephill Castle revealed

You can order your special Queen's Platinum Jubilee bookazine now!

Platinum Jubilee book Order your Queen Platinum Jubilee book now for tales from Isle of Wight visits

Historic Britten-Norman Islander AircraftG-AVCN will be on show.

Another chance to see restored Britten-Norman Islander G-AVCN

Flying dinosaurs arriving at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight in 1972.

Memories Evolution of Blackgang Chine's dinosaurs means roarsome fun PHOTOS

'Not right approach to hidden gem castle' as Historic England 'strongly objects'

'Not right approach to hidden gem castle' as Historic England 'strongly objects'

June Brown as EastEnders' Dot Cotton and her friend, Islander Johnnie Martin, filming at Hayling Island.

"It's been a wonderful 37 years and we could talk about anything and everything"

Alan Stroud explores the links between pirate radio stations and the Isle of Wight.

Memories Exploring the Isle of Wight's role in the rise and fall of 1960s pirate radio

Grand National winners with Isle of Wight links, from left, Red Rum, Specify and Aldaniti.

Grand National memories When Grand National winners Red Rum, Specify and Aldaniti wowed the Isle of Wight

Queen's birthday street party fun for Fiveways and Ryde Junior School

WIN! Win £300 in vouchers for your Queen's Platinum Jubilee street party

A previous party at Fiveways/Ryde School in 2016.

Last day looms to apply for Queen's Jubilee street party road closures

Double world rally champion Miki Biasion gave his endorsement of the Sandown Sprint by taking part in the inaugural event.

WATCH VIDEO World rally title legend gives Sandown Sprint huge endorsement as competitor

Anthony and Vivian Roberts on their wedding day (left) and on their golden wedding anniversary (right).

"We were both working so we rarely got to see each other for 30 years"

Exploring life in Winkle Street through the ages.

Memories Life in picturesque Winkle Street explored via tales of rent and old photographs

Bob the Cob and Connie Corn have been a key part of Islanders' lives during the past two decades.

Memories Remembering the tales of Sweetcorn Fayre heroes Bob the Cob and Connie Corn

Isle of Wight's Norris Castle and farm could be restored but alongside plans for housing.

WATCH VIDEO Norris Castle plans to be considered by East Cowes Town Council VIDEO

Isle of Wight based tribute band the Foo Fighterz

EXCLUSIVE Tribute band from Island plan gig in memory of Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters

Alan Stroud takes a look at Isle of Wight news in the early 1960s.

Memories The week’s news: rediscovering the Isle of Wight's little stories of the 1960s

Isle of Wight Festival favourite, drummer Taylor Hawkins dies aged 50

The Fairway 1966ers reunion is being organised by Carolyne Downer-Smith (inset) and (inset) the current school on Sandown's Fairway.

Fairway 1966ers reunion to gather students from all corners of globe

Isle of Wight's Deborah Meadows (left) from Bembridge is presented with Girl Guiding's Laurel Award, by Laura Cottey.

"This guiding award presentation was special"

Make do and mend was once the mantra of everyone.

Column Threat of a war in Europe proves the past has not passed its sell-by date

A variety of bygone local shops in Newport. Photo: David White.

Memories How many of these Newport shops from a bygone era do you remember?

Picture shows Suzette McColl, IW Federation treasurer, Vera Theobald, IW Federation secretary, Ann Miller, Sandown Afternoon TG chairman, Janet Wardle, IW Federation chairman, Gillian Glover, Sandown Afternoon TG secretary?.

Decades of fun and friendship for one of the country's oldest Townswomen's Guilds

Some of the many Isle of Wight places which have been commented on by writers and visitors in days gone by.

Memories What writers said about the Isle of Wight in the days before Tripadvisor

Appuldurcombe House at Wroxall and inset, Chris Gardner as a schoolboy guide in 1982.

Memories Twists and turns of historian's 40 year hunt for Appuldurcombe priory

The planes involved in the two Isle of Wight air disasters.

Memories The Island’s biggest air disasters of the 1950s and 1960s remembered

141017 Beer and Buses, Sat and Sun 14_15 Oct 2017 - Pictures: Mike Swift (Newsquest)
Norweigian Silje Otterlei (now living in Cowes) snaps a London bus with her iPhone at Newport Quays on Sat - IW Beer and Buses 2017 - Mike Swift

Beer and Buses over the years remembered PICTURES

Newport in bygone days. Map by John Speed.

Memories Elizabethan Newport and beyond, the life and times of a Tudor town

Ride the Wight equestrian event is celebrating 20 years this year.

Event Two decades of equestrian fun for Ride the Wight competitors

King George VI received tuition in the boiler shop at the college engineering works by the Medina.

Column Osborne Naval College in East Cowes was key part of King George VI's education

Flour delivery van, James Thomas and Co, Newport. Picture courtesy of The Museum of Island History.

Free entry to new heritage exhibition and special entry rate at Newport Roman Villa

Freedom 90 and Island Express in the Solent in December and arriving in Singapore.

Ex Isle of Wight hovercrafts' Indonesian facelift before new role