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Three of the Island's strangest and saddest deaths in historic inquest reports (opens the original)
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We all have to go sometime, and when we go matters as much as how we go. Les Dawson summed it up: âI want to die in my sleep, like my father did... not screaming in terror like his passengers.â The point is, the grim reaper can strike where he likes. In September 1892, he turned up in the back streets of Newport, the County Press reporting on what they called a revolting case. âAn inquest was held into the death of James Laurence, aged 70, of 42 Orchard Street. âRarely has a more horribl
Whitwell woman travelled on board a German U-boat during the war (opens the original)
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There aren’t many women who can claim to have been a passenger on board a German U-Boat during the Second World War – but Mrs Littlecott of Whitwell did. Under the headline: Saved By A German Submarine, the County Press of December 12, 1942, reported: “Sergt E Littlecott’s wife Rosa, a Whitwell woman, and their five-year-old son David, arrived safe and well at Whitwell this week after an experience which makes both a pathetic and thrilling tale of adventure. “Here is Mrs Littlecott's story of he
The bizarre local reaction to the Isle of Wight Festival in days gone by (opens the original)
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To go down in history is a gift not given to everyone, but three brothers from Totland have achieved that honour because of what they did over 50 years ago. They are the Foulk brothers, Ray, Ronnie and Bill, who put on the festivals at Godshill, Wootton and Afton. Their story has entered the history books and will be part of British popular culture forever. Today, no serious history of Britain in the twentieth century would be complete without mentioning the Isle of Wight Festivals in the chapte
Infamous guests to daring escapes - Isle of Wight prison stories from days gone by (opens the original)
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What do Ronnie and Reggie Kray, Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper, and Ian Brady the Moors Murderer have in common? Answer - they’ve all been the guests of HMP Prison Parkhurst. It opened for business in the late 1800s and has done a roaring trade ever since, much of it finding its way into the pages of the County Press. In December 1898, the CP reported: “A prisoner by the name of Williams, undergoing a prison term of five years, is stated to bear a rather bad character. Albany "not fit for
How the Isle of Wight Festival changed but stayed the same (opens the original)
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As someone who attended the original Isle of Wight Festivals, I can’t help noticing how alike in some ways the Seaclose festivalgoers are to the 250,000 who made their way to Afton in 1970. Indeed, in terms of dress, many of the Afton festivalgoers would probably pass unnoticed at Seaclose. At Afton on that August bank holiday weekend the promoters, Totland brothers Ronnie and Ray Foulk, were apprehensive. Mr Mark Woodnutt, Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, said the law had been brought int
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