Cowes
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Map of Isle Of Wight
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Cowes memories
Read and share memories of Cowes and Isle Of Wight inspired by Frith photos
Change of use.
The building on the left became an amusement arcade in the early 1950s and then a dental surgery. Later it was demolished and replaced by a new building of flats and a new HQ related to Cowes week which was opened by Prince Philip in 2005.
Contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Noris Castle
This was the Red Funnel ship Noris Castle an ex tank landing craft.
Contributed by John Hopthrow
Hell and high water!
I worked in my Aunts ladies wear shop (Kays), and remember being flodded when heavy rain combined with high tide caused the shop to have water running through from back to the front with my friend Maureen and myself sweeping the ensuing water out of the front door. In those days the floor was bare board and it soon dried out. As it was summer we thought it was good fun and no harm was caused.
Contributed by June Jackson
Isle Of Wight memories
Hell and high water!
I worked in my Aunts ladies wear shop (Kays), and remember being flodded when heavy rain combined with high tide caused the shop to have water running through from back to the front with my friend Maureen and myself sweeping the ensuing water out of the front door. In those days the floor was bare board and it soon dried out. As it was summer we thought it was good fun and no harm was caused.
A memory of Cowes contributed by June Jackson