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The Truth about the Girl who made good - Sophie Dawes
Of all the tales of rags to riches, few can be more fantastic, or more bizarre, than that of Sophie Dawes, the bare-footed winkle-picker from the Isle of Wight who became known as the Queen of Chantilly.
From the Annals of the Poor by Leigh Richmond
Last of the Wight Romany (1936)
The Romany, proud wanderers of Europe, are dying out
The Seely Family and their Island Homes
First links of the Seely family with the Isle of Wight were forged some hundred and twenty years ago. Mr Charles Seely, a wealthy Nottinghamshire coal mine owner, purchased Brook House in 1859
This page is based on a book written by W.H.Long and published in 1886. It is considered the definitive record of the dialect of the Isle of Wight..
It is reasonably well known that
there is an Isle of Wight County in Virginia, but there was also for a short time an Isle of Wight off the East
Coast of Long Island, New York state.
The First Aeroplane ever to land on the Isle of Wight
August 1911 - piloted by Robert Loraine
Information about Customs staff at Cowes, Isle of Wight
A copy of the 1830 publication in PDF format
Off the Needles in 1947, includes report from the County Press and local Customs reports.
The Birth of the Freshwater Fire Brigade
The story of the Freshwater Rover Scout Fire Brigade.
16 June 2007