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Ventnor memories
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Ventnor
I was born in Ventnor and although I have lived in Kent for many years Ventnor will always be "My home".
Contributed by valerie hickman
Isle Of Wight memories
Ventnor
I was born in Ventnor and although I have lived in Kent for many years Ventnor will always be "My home".
A memory of Ventnor contributed by valerie hickman
Grandmother's abode
At the bottom of the hill on the right I believe that tall building belonged to the local bakers. The low building next to it - this side of the bakers - is a thatched cottage where my grandmother lived. My mother grew up here. The cottage housed around 3/4 families but it has now been made into one home. Over the years the thatched cottage has also been a restaurant. I visited my grandparents many times at this cottage.
A memory of Wroxall contributed by M Allen
Summer Holidays
Many of my childhood summer holidays were spent at Sandown. We usually stayed at Mrs. Woodnutt's hotel in Carter Street. Mr. Woodnutt hired out the deck chairs on Sandown Beach. He also kept ferrets and I was allowed to go and help him look after them. One of our family's favourite places was the miniature golf course pictured. It was called Brown's as was the canoe lake next door. Browns made the most delicious ice cream, very welcome after following the grown-ups around the pitch and putt course. Oh the joy when I was deemed old enough to have a putter, ball and score card of my own!
A memory of Sandown contributed by Eileen Hammond
Extracts From Ventnor & Isle Of Wight books
This is the capital of the Undercliff. Its popularity is due to the remarkable salubrity of its climate, and the singular beauty of its situation. Forty years ago, its few inhabitants were nearly all fishermen. Now we have hotels, churches, shops, cottages and villas in every conceivable style and every outrageous shape. From the Esplanade there extends a fine pier, erected in 1887, from which steamboat excursions may be made.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Seaside".