Isle of Wight - In The Past (Part 1)

Another trip down memory lane with vintage film and images of a bygone era between approximately 1900-1930. Music by Yanni.

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Travel & Events

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• isle
• of
• wight
• 1900
• 1930's
• newport
• ryde
• cowes
• seaview
• ventnor
• freshwater
• yarmouth
• sandopwn
• shanklin
• old
• movies
• vintage

[stiggycow]

I have lived here all of my life and only wish it was still a little more like this footage.The past looks like a place you would like to live.Fantastic.

[stucrabb]

You know that's an interesting thing - my Gran passed away last year aged 90, and she told me a lot about rural life on the IOW before the war (and before national health & welfare of course). By all accounts, it was a tough life, little money, harsh conditions, and people scratched out a living in service before tourism and industry.

[scallywag61]

Thanks Stuart for the fantastic footage & photo's. I grew up on the island in the 60's and have never seen any earlier footage. It's great. Thanks very very much. Friendly regards, Laura.

[stucrabb]

Thanks Laura! - I am glad it brought you pleasure :-)

[TrapperMilan]

when the world was a far better place...nice vid :)

[marchin321]

My old human friends, definetely lost in the past. I don't know the isle of Wight, but your film moves the soul. thx from belgium

[KYTribe]

@600RRboyJay The island has a few chavs, but believe me, You are still miles behind the mainland in the amounts and attitude of the chavs here. Enjoy it now as it will only get worse in time. Sad state of the morals of lot of people nowadays. Here, there just seem to be workshy bums as opposed to violent gangs which, on the grand scale of things, isn't as bad as it could be.

[wordreet]

@ozmedia Hahahahaha!

[wordreet]

@ozmedia True, and it always was as far back as I can remember. But it was only on the island that I heard grown men calling each other nipper. Probably like "Our kid" further up north.

[ozmedia]

ooops- Not an Island 'tern' at all actually, that's a bleedin' seabird ! I meant Island "term".

[ozmedia]

I was born in Ventnor, live in Canada now (over 35 years). It's a HEAP better here in Vancouver, British Columbia than in the US (US is just a horrific place) but still want to move to Ventnor again and get a job doing something meaningless that just pays the bills and lets me stay there. I'd miss BC's mountains and lakes, but the Downs was always a nice walk. Great vid, thanks for posting!

[ozmedia]

@wordreet "nipper" is slang for kid, wee lad, youngun', etc. "Oi, nipper!" aka " Hey, ankle biter!" It's not just an island tern though, just Brit slang.

[kathy30011975]

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