Members of the
We Grew Up on the Isle of Wight Facebook group have been contining to share pictures of themselves, their friends and people they remember when they were growing up.
Scroll through our gallery of pictures above to see more. Susan Mustchin s picture of her Brownies group (main image above) drew lots of comments. She said: I think it must have been no later than 1969, because you could be a Brownie up until the age of ten. I believe it was at an event in Newport for a visit from Lord Louis Mountbatten. Julie, my older sister, presented a bouquet to Lady Mountbatten and she would have been ten in 1969.
Scroll through our gallery of pictures above to see more. Tania Cawley shared a photo of her with what she believed was the Santa at Ronsons factory when she was a child (main image above). Many people remember Ruths of Cowes, the iconic sweet shop which had beautiful confectionery, and John Cole has shared some lovely pictures of the Christmas window display at Ruths, which were taken in 1967.
The shop window at Ruths of Cowes. Picture: John Cole. Peter Attrill added some photos of his dad working in the Magnet shop at 31 Chapel Street, as well as a picture of Liningtons in St James s Square, Newport, where his dad worked for 40 years.
We Grew Up on the Isle of Wight Facebook page this week.
Scroll through our gallery of pictures above to see more. Following Julian Russell s pictures of Shanklin Carnival in 1972, many people commented on what they remembered about the Isle of Wight s famous carnivals. Lynne Young recalled when the holiday camps used to put in floats and some even came over from the mainland. Chris Rogers said: I used to play drum in the 1st Sandown and Lake Boy s Brigade band and I attended the majority of the Island carnivals, including the floodlit / torchlight processions. For the torchlight ones, we had to pin Christmas tree lights on to our uniforms and have the large radio batteries in our pockets to power them.