Apr 2, 20191 min read
14 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight - Capital & Counties Bank / Lloyds Bank
This is Number 14 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight, once the premises of the Capital & Counties Bank. The C&C Bank had been in Sandown...
Mar 10, 20194 min read
43-45 High Street, Sandown, IOW - Villakin - TE Porters
This magnificent building is a recent watercolour commission. It shows the shop T.E.Porters as it looked around 1900, numbers 43 and 45...
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Sandown, IOW library - a little history
This stunning building is the Sandown Free Library. Opened in Sandown High Street, IOW in 1905, this public library was often frequented...
Feb 19, 20191 min read
2 High Street, Sandown - a little history of Martin's Library
2 High Street, Sandown, for most of the 20th century, this was Martin’s Library. Martin’s Library was established in Sandown about 1878...
Jan 13, 20191 min read
History of 109 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight
This is 109 High Street, Sandown. The earliest record of the building’s inhabitants is 1882 to at least 1888 when it was occupied by The...
Jan 12, 20191 min read
Masters Bakery, 16 Sandown High Street Isle of Wight - a little history
This is Number 16 High Street, Sandown. FH Masters is Frank Horatio Masters who ran a bakery/ catering business for many years....
Jan 9, 20191 min read
109 High Street, Sandown IOW - a history of the building - from Sandown High Street to New York
This is 109 High Street, Sandown. The earliest record of the building’s inhabitants is 1882 to at least 1888 when it was occupied by The...
Jan 8, 20192 min read
27 High Street Sandown IOW - the home of the renowned photographer James Dore
This is number 27 Sandown High Street which for about half a century was the premises of James Dore, a well-known photographer and...