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Ryde Pier
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Old postcards are sometimes poorly produced and grainy,
I've done my best to scan them.
Dates are from the card or my estimate (where possible).
The maker of the card is shown in brackets (where available).
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I
don't know the origin of this card, but the picture
is
certainly before 1880, prior to the
railway
being built,
note the horse drawn tramway.
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Ferry
arriving at Ryde Pier Head (undated). (Welch) |
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Early scene at Ryde Pierhead. (VL)
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A scene from 1905, showing the
promenade pier.
(National) |
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A
Card from around 1907 showing the a busy scene off the Pier,
and
the buildings which once stood on its side. |
A
view of the Pier Head showing all three
piers, the railway, tramway and
pedestrian, which comprised Ryde Pier. |
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A busy scene on Ryde Pier, about
1910. (LL) |
A view of the pier
around the turn of the century taken
from the Esplanade. Note the Victoria
pier
on the right, built around 1863
and
demolished in the 1920's. (Frith) |
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A later (although undated) view
of the Esplanade
with a
tow boat unloading. (Lilywhite) |
Another
similar view to those above, probably late 1960's
(after
the electrification of the railway) |
Ryde
Ryde
Town and Around
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