Bembridge & St Helens Guide 2017

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Local Essential and Emergency Services
Useful addresses and telephone numbers – Isle of Wight code 01983

Funeral Directors: 872598 IW Trains:
Weaver Bros Local station at Brading
Bembridge www.island-line.com

HM Revenue & Customs 0845 6000 650

Portsmouth 02392 852148 Taxis
Bembridge & Harbour 874132
Isle of Wight Council 821000 Windmill Cars 07956 446538

Island Roads 822440 Some of the Local Sports Clubs:
Library: 719868 BYFC (Football) 07896 928369
Bembridge BFC (Football) 873078

EMERGENCY: Parish Council: 874160 BCC (Cricket) 873510
5 Foreland Rd BAC (Angling) 875030
Fire, Ambulance, Police,
999 Places of Worship: BHYC (Sailing) 872289
Holy Trinity (C of E) BSC (Sailing) 872237
Coastguard Church Road 872175 BBC (Bowling) 872734
999 / VHF Ch 16 St Luke’s (C of E) 872175 BYCC (Petanque/Karate) 873311
Lane End Rd 873810 Line Dancing 873228
Methodist Church 562171 Wight Island Players 872129
Foreland Rd BLT Little Theatre Club 403616
St Michael’s RC Bridge Club at BHYC 872289
Non Emergency: Walls Road Zumba mob: 07730 770417
Police: 101
Coastguard Yoga mob: 07891 194604
Post Offices & Banking: Vectis (Gliding) 567652
VHF Ch 67 / 02392 552100 Co-op Welcome, Lane End with
Anti-Terrorist Hotline PO/Banking counter open 07:00
0800 789 321 – 23:00 also outside cashpoint Public Toilets:
Citizens Advice Bureau (24 hour) • The Duver, St Helens
01983 520594 St Helens PO, Upper Green Rd • Lifeboat station
PO/Banking counter open • Station Road, The Point
Services: 0800 111 999 • High Street
Gas 0845 770 8090 ‘early’ – 20:00 Mon – Sat and • The Green, St Helens
Electricity 0330 303 0368 19:30 Sun – also cashpoint
Water inside store. Local News & Radio Stations
Water leaks 0800 820 999 Other cashpoint available at: Isle of Wight County Press
Sherbourne Street Co-op within iwcp.co.uk 521333
the store open til 23:00 daily. Isle of Wight Radio
Medical: iwradio.co.uk 822557

A & E St Mary's Hospital 524081 RNLI: 872201 Vectis Radio
Newport Lifeboat Station vectisradio.com 240666
Action on Hearing Loss 529533 Wight Island Radio
Ambulance Transport Pet Services: wightislandradio.com 404960

(non emergency) 822099 x 3504 Medina Veterinary Group Jack FM
IW Community Health Council 883955 / 875901 jackradio.com 08454 661106
823000
Advice NHS 525095 Dog Warden 840287 Wave 105
IW Society For The Blind 522205 RSPCA 10am-4pm wave105.com 01489 481050

Chemist Boots (High St) 872328 Ferries:
Wightlink 0871 376 1000
Dentist: www.wightlink.co.uk
Station Road Bembridge 872224
Emergency Dentist IW Red Funnel 0844 844 9988
www.redfunnel.co.uk
0845 0508345 Hovertravel 717700
Doctor:
St Helens Health Centre 871828 www.hovertravel.co.uk

(there is a surgery in Bembridge) Buses:

Bembridge Harbour Southern Vectis – No 8 bus
872828 / VHF Ch 80
Ryde/Seaview/St Helens/Bembridge/

50 Sandown/Newport
www.islandbuses.info

0871 200 2233

www.montessoriiow.co.uk Our Montessori preschools on the
Isle of Wight offer educationally
Bembridge [email protected] challenging and nurturing
environments for children, from
Children's House St Helens two to five years. The teacher led
51 Howgate Road approach encourages a child’s
IOW, PO35 5QN St Helen’s Preschool independence and love of learning.
Broomlands Close Emphasis is on outdoor learning and
01983 874481 creativity, together with respect and
IOW, PO33 1XH positive social skills. The Montessori
01983 874138 curriculum includes French, yoga, PE,
literacy, numeracy and cultural
Designed by MooksGoo studies, as well as cookery and skills
of everyday life, holistically
supporting children to reach their full
potential. More details are available
on our new website:
montessoriiow.co.uk

BEMBRIDGE & Unit 3,Weavers Yard, Lane End Road
HARBOUR TAXIS Bembridge, PO35 5US

Telephone: (01983) SIGNS, BANNERS, VEHICLE GRAPHICS
BOAT WRAPS, LED SIGNS, BOAT NAMES
874132 BUSINESS CARDS, POSTERS, LEAFLETS,
GARMENT PRINTING, WINDOW FROSTING
Call Pete – Day & Night
Competitive Rates • Reliable Service & MUCH MORE....

WINDMILL CARS signshopiow.co.uk
St Helens 01983 875510
Isle of Wight
1 to 8 seats 51

windmillcars.com

[email protected]

YOUR LOCAL CAB

07956446538

4 Lane End Court Lane End Bembridge PO35 5UE Tel 872627

with everything Open til 11 pm
the majors offer... come and shop with us for:

All the essentials 7 Days a Week
Dairy produce and in store

Fresh Baked Bread Banking and Post Office
Fresh Meat services available

Fresh Produce during all shop hours
Island products
wine, beer and spirits
stationery, cards & gifts
and an abundance more

Supporting our local community: Free Parking FAIRTRADE
Free local delivery

with in store notice board, TV screen advertising
Bembridge Community Notice Board and our 5p Carrier Bag Fund is

distributed to local charities, groups and associations in our area

Where your 5p went in March June September

2016 Bembridge Village Bembridge Scouts St Helens Toddler Group
Floival
January £288 £191
£314
Sophie Gully July October
April
£285 Bembridge Heritage Society Bembridge Christmas Day
February Bembridge Primary School Meal Together Project
Garden Club £204
Bembridge Cricket Club £167
£239 August
£221 November
May Steyne Park Fireworks
Where your 5p is going in Bembridge Brownies
St Helens Primary £349
2017 School Sports Equipment £288
April
52 £204 July
Bembridge Weeders
January Inver House
May Arts & Crafts Group
Sophie Gully
Britten Norman Aircraft August
February Preservation Society
Bembridge Little Theatre
Holy Trinity Flower Festival June
September
March Bembridge Friendship Circle
Bembridge Harbour
Bembridge Tots Group Food Festival

The National Trust 2017

Spring wildlife of Bembridge and Culver Downs Thurs 18 May

10am-12 noon

Enjoy some strenuous walking on our guided walk around the downs looking out for birds and other

spring wildlife. Some steep slopes and narrow paths. Bring binoculars if you have them.

Donations welcome. Meet at Bembridge Fort car park (immediately after the fort on the left), PO36 8QY

(SZ 625 860). Dogs on lead welcome.

Butterfly ID trail (Bembridge Windmill) Sat 27 May-Sun 4 Jun

10.30-4.30pm

Follow the trail boards and learn about some of the butterflies found in the grasses and hedgerows

surrounding the windmill.

Normal admission charges apply. Dogs on lead welcome. PO35 5SQ.

Summer nature trail (Bembridge Windmill) Sat 22 Jul - Sun 3 Sep

10.30am-4.30pm

Make the most of your visit to Bembridge Windmill and learn more about some of the plants and wildlife

seen around the mill with our discovery board trail.

Normal admission charges apply.

Autumn fruits, seeds and berries ID trail (Bembridge Windmill) Sat 21- Sun 29 Oct

Make the most of your visit to Bembridge Windmill and follow our discovery boards to see how many

autumn fruits, seeds and berries you can identify.

Normal admission charges apply. Dogs on lead welcome. PO35 5SQ (SZ 639 874).

Squirrel spotting walk (Borthwood) Fri 22 Dec

10.30am-12.30pm

Come along on our guided walk this Christmas to see if you can spot something truly magical: a rare red

squirrel. Afterwards enjoy a festive mince pie.

Donations welcome. Meet at the Parish Council car park, PO36 0LD (SZ 566 843).

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Island Diary

In addition to the Diary below, many regular events and activities are held in our villages, further and updated details may be found
on www.bembridge.org and on the Facebook – Bembridge Community Notice Board, or from the organisers direct where shown.

Details of Parish Council meetings may be found on their respective websites (sthelensparishcouncil.org.uk / bembridgepc.org.uk)
and Bembridge meetings are also listed on page 42 along with Beach and Litter cleans on page 44 .

NT – Bembridge Fort & Windmill – Events are listed on page 53
The Coastal Gardener – Events are listed opposite – page 55

Other attractions and activities in our area include:
Bembridge Heritage Centre • Bembridge RNLI Station • Sally’s Riding
Bembridge Powerboat Training & Charter (BPT Ribs) • Tackt-Isle Adventures • Cachalot Charters

We have lots of Coffee mornings in Bembridge Village Hall (many are listed in our monthly Parish News magazines – available in
many of our shops and local churches) – we also have: beach schools, foraging and fossil walks and so much more to offer in the
villages and see.visitisleofwight.co.uk for even more around the Island

May / June

Sat 20 Bembridge at War – Village Hall – all day bembridgeheritage.org.uk

Sun 21 IOW Festival of Transport iwsteamrailway.co.uk

Tue 23 Annual Parish Meeting, Bembridge V.Hall 7.00pm bembridgepc.org.uk Bembridge Village Hall

Sat 27 – Mon 29 May Spring Gala at IW Steam Railway iwsteamrailway.co.uk 4th February 4th March 1st April
6th May 3rd June 1st July 2nd September
Mon 29 Bembridge Street Fair Jay Chapman 01983 872616
7th October 4th November 2nd December
Fri 2 – Sat 3 Pop-up Opera at the Garlic Farm thegarlicfarm.co.uk
10am to 12noon
Fri 2 – Sun 4 Old Gaffers Festival – Yarmouth yarmoutholdgaffersfestival.co.uk Monthly Lottery drawn
All Proceeds to the Bembridge
Sat 3 Friendship Circle Coffee Morning Bembridge Village Hall Friendship Circle Community Bus

Thu 8 – Sun 11 Isle of Wight Festival isleofwightfestival.com

Sat 10 Bembridge RNLI 150th Anniversary bembridgelifeboat.org.uk

Sat 10 Jazz on the Quay – Bembridge Harbour bembridgeharbour.co.uk

Tue 20 Fly the Flag for Armed Forces Day bembridgepc.org.uk

Fri 23 – Sun 9 Festival of the Sea visitisleofwight.co.uk

Sun 25 Royal IW County Show riwas.org.uk

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Saturday 24 June 10:30 – 15:30 Coastal Gardening Course (booking essen al)
Sunday 16 July 10:30 – 15:30 Build a bug house for your garden
10:30 – 15:30 Free/charity event for children and adults
Sunday 24 September
Saturday 25 November 14:00 Ar sts in the Garden Free/charity event
Every Thursday Make it Christmas Course (booking essen al)
Free gardening talk / demonstra on
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July Sat 1 Round the Island Race roundtheisland.org.uk
britishclassicyachtclub.org/regatta
Sat 8 – Sat15 Panerai British Classic Week 12:00 noon – 01983 874324
rhythmtree.co.uk
Sun 9 Sea Sunday Service – Duver Old Church isleofwightarts.com
islandhighlandgathering.com
Fri 14 – Sun 16 Rhythmtree Festival bembridgeharbour.co.uk
danceontheduver.co.uk
Fri 14 – Mon 24 Open Studios (Art) bhyc.org.uk
cowesweek.co.uk
Sun 23 Island Highland Gathering & Fayre 01983 874324

Fri 28 – Sun 30 Bembridge Harbour Family Fun W/e

Sat 29 Dance on the Duver, St Helens

Sun 30 The Great Bembridge Paper Boat Race

Sat 29 – Sat 5 Cowes Week

Sun 30 Seaside Songs of Praise, Lifeboat Green,

Lane End – 3.00 pm

for info and tickets check out danceontheduver.co.uk

01983 779337 Jubilee fireworks - isle of wight -
07747 848516
HO: The Duver, St Helens PO33 1YB
the perfect way to end the day . . .
www.spyderuk.com

stage · sound & lighting equipment for any event
rigging · power distribution · 2-way radios · generators
marquees and firework displays (conventional & pyromusical)

Publications and websites providing a wealth of infomation and
up-to-date details of events and attractions in our area:

Local websites include: bembridge.org • bembridgepc.org.uk • visitisleofwight.co.uk • visitbembridge.co.uk
bembridgefestivals.co.uk • sthelensparishcouncil.org.uk

Community TV – by the tills in Co-op Welcome

Publications (magazines) including: Bembridge Parish News • St Helens Parish News • Beacon • Style of Wight
Island Life • Isle of Wight County Press

Most businesses and a lot of individuals are active social media boffins –
Facebook:

‘Bembridge & St Helens Guide’ • ‘Bembridge Community Notice Board’ • ‘St Helens Notice Board’
and on Twitter

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Stunning Brittany Cottage

On the River Rance
between St Malo and Dinan

Carol Pearce
Hideaway Holidays

(01983) 872285
[email protected]
www.hideaway-holidays.co.uk

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landscape photography August

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Tue 1 – Thu 3 Triple Crown Regatta cowesweek.co.uk
visitisleofwight.co.uk
Sat 5 - Sun 6 The Chale Show rolexfastnetrace.com
visitisleofwight.co.uk
Sun 6 Start of Rolex Fastnet race bembridgesailingclub.org.uk
v-dubisland.com
Tue 8 - Sun 13 Ventnor Fringe jackupthe80s.co.uk
bembridgelifeboat.org.uk
Fri 11 – Sat 12 Bembridge Sailing Club Regatta 01983 874324
svyc.org.uk
Fri 11 – Sun 13 V-Dub
01983 874324
Fri 11 – Sun 13 Jack Up the 80s
garlicfestivalco.uk
Sat 12 Bembridge RNLI Station Open Day bembridgebowlingclub.co.uk
cowestoquaycowes.co.uk
Sun 13 Duver Praise, Duver Old Church, 3.00pm St Helens Community Centre
sportsandcarnival.co.uk
Sun 13 – Mon 14 SVYC Regatta

Tue 15 – Thu 17 Seaview Town Regatta

Wed 16 Horticultural Summer Show, St Helens

Thu 17 Seaview Fireworks

Sat 19 – Sun 20 IW Garlic Festival, Newchurch

Sun 27 – Sat 2 Bembridge Bowling Tournament

Sun 27 Cowes Classic – Cowes , Torquay, Cowes

Mon 28 St Helens Historical Society Exhibition

Mon 28 St Helens Sports and Carnival

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Maker of small items of furniture
including oak stools

Wooden boxes, nut and bolt peppermills,
enormous salad bowls (and smaller ones!)

- all ideal special presents

Commissions and
antique furniture repairs undertaken

01983 873202 [email protected]

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Bembridge Harbour
Food Festival

Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September 2017

bembridgefestivals.co.uk

01983 770769

September Sat 16 – Sun 17 Barts Bash bartsbash.com

October Thu 21 ‘Albert’The Power behind the Throne Kevin Shaw – St Helens Com. Centre
November
December Sat 23 Isle of Wight Day isleofwightday.com

Sat 23 - Sun 24 Bembridge Harbour Food Festival bembridgefestivals.co.uk

Sat 23 Oktoberfest bembridgeharbour.co.uk

Thu 28 She was only a Lighthouse Keepers Daughter bembridgeheritage.org

Thu 12 – Sun 15 IW Literary Festival isleofwightliteraryfestival.com

Mon 16 Mini Harvest Show and Talk 7.30pm St Helens Community Centre

Thu 19 Around the Island in 100+ Churches! Donna Newman, St Helens Centre

Thu 26 Bembridge Heritage talk in the Cloisters bembridgeheritage.org

Thu 16 New Light on Sophie Dawes, Adrian Searle St Helens Community Centre

Sat 25 Christmas Fayre at BHYC bhyc.org.uk

Tue 28 AGM and Film Show, Bembridge Heritage bembridgeheritage.org

Sat 2 BBA – Bembridge Lights of Love bembridge.org

Thu 21 Musical Entertainment & Bilko’s Quiz Mark Hickman & Friends – St Helens

2018 Sunday
25 March 2018
St Helens Historical Society –
(7.30pm – St Helens Community Centre)

18 January Mark Earp – Movements in IW Architecture
Part 2 – 1937 to 2000 and beyond!

15 February Richard Smout – What do the Oglander papers tell
us about St Helens & Seaview

15 March John Matthews –
The Talented Children of Thoma Sewell

19 April AGM – followed by A film by Mel Dennett (7.00pm start)

17 May Ane Dearle – The Sheddons of East Cowes!

Neither the BBA nor this Guide is responsible for the accuracy of content which is based on information
received and which may be subject to change or cancellation.

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St Helens Village

Last year I wrote in here about the challenges facing St Helens parish council. Many of the discretionary
services that the IOW council provided previously, which were in many respects taken for granted, have now
been withdrawn. They all impact on visitors and residents alike. On the Duver, the yearly flow of visitors - dog
walkers; those risking a dip in the balmy waters; or just families having a day out on the beach, still have toilet
and hand washing facilities which are now funded out of the local precept. The Duver, especially since the
building of the new sea wall 4 years ago, is a wonderful leisure facility and, despite some local opposition to
the precept funding, it is a credit to the village that this facility can be enjoyed by all.

David & Christine welcome you to... and

ST HELENS Popples

POST OFFICE & STORE Coffee Shop

01983 872710 Stay in or take-away
with Internet access
Open 6 days 06.00 ~ 20.00 and Sundays 06.30 ~ 19.30 & WiFi
(Post Office open ALL shop hours ‘early to late’)

Our store is well stocked with local fresh produce, meat, veggies, cheese, alcohol, and cigarettes,
pet food, newspapers & stationery, gifts and cards, local art and much much more ...

Only 5 minutes from Duver Marina in the centre of St Helens – We're well worth a visit...

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GANDERS RESTAURANT
Upper Green Road, St Helens PO33 1UQ
Tel 0 1 9 8 3 8 7 2 0 1 4
www.ganders.co.uk
Light Lunches
Traditional Sunday Lunch
Blackboard Specials
2 / 3 Courses Set Menu
Varied á la Carte Menu
using local produce where possible
Please see website for more details

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Central government is in the process of trying to impose further financial restraints on public services. It is
rather ironic that the Localism Act, introduced in 2011 by the current government, posited the idea of taking
decision making away from central government to be funnelled down to the lowest tiers of government,
amongst them parish councils. What has actually happened is that services have been devolved to lower
levels, but this is often simply a cost-shunting exercise rather than a true devolution of power and fiscal
autonomy - that is, the responsibility is devolved but not the money to fulfil it.

Photograph at top ‘Gaggon Edge’ by Les Lockhart and below ‘Mill Wall at Sunrise by Southwell Landscape Photography
on right hand page by Southwell Landscape Photography

‘A busy weekend, Bembridge Harbour’ and ‘Old Church’ on a rough day! ‘

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Back in the centre of the village, the green spaces are common land, and they are framed by the village
facilities with the village pub and restaurants, including Ganders, together with the store – St Helens Post
Office and Store with Popples Coffee Shop. The greens can be accessed by all, and are used to host summer
fairs, carnival and sports day as well as active football and cricket clubs during the appropriate seasons!
There’s also car boot sales, however, the parish council does not run or receive any financial benefit from
them. It is therefore quite an achievement to manage the upkeep of the greens and public areas and keep
open the public toilets on the green. As testament to the efforts of the villagers, St Helens again received an
award – the best kept large village on the Isle of Wight. Well done everyone!

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Bembridge
Building
Supplies

87 – 89 High Street
Bembridge PO35 5SF

T. 01983 873553

M. 07773 558340

We will source, deliver and advise on all required construction
materials, so look no further for all your buiding needs in the East Wight

Let Bembridge Building Supplies do the running for you.
Caroline and the team look forward to seeing you

bembridgebuildingsupplies.co.uk

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With a little help from my BBA friends!

Gerry Price and her faithful labrador I joined the Bembridge
relaxing in the spring sun Business Association about
five years ago when I was
Agapanthus running a small business from
‘Lily of the Nile’ or ‘African Lily’ my home in Bembridge.

Last year I secured some
land at Fakenham Farm on
Eddington Road in St Helens
and was able to make my
dream of running a coastal
plant nursery come true.

Within six months the plot was
transformed from ‘pigpen to nursery’,
complete with planted raised beds,
gravel paths, a poly-tunnel and
two sheds. It involved a lot of work,
which was made easier with help and
advice from my Bembridge Business
Association friends.

Bembridge Building Supplies, on
the High Street in Bembridge, were
able to supply many of the materials I
needed and offered invaluable advice
during the build. As well as a full range
of building materials they also stock
landscaping essentials and aggregates,
such as the gravel we used for the
paths at the nursery. How grateful I
was when I ran out of nails or needed
some more paint that I could get them
from the village!

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All working together . . .

R & J Garden Construction, Bembridge Building Supplies and assistance from Tackt-Isle Adventure’s staff!
Pots at St Mary’s Hospital supplied by The Coastal Gardener...

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When I was overwhelmed with the The Farm Shop, in Bembridge, is a gem
task of moving tons (yes, literally!) of in the village High Street, offering a
compost and soil the team from Tackt- wide range of top quality produce. The
Isle Adventures, who are usually found team are well-known for their in-store
having fun on and off the water, stepped service and support for the community.
forward to help. Within a day much of The Farm Shop had something we
the heavy work had been completed. needed; as well as tea and cake, we
When more labour was needed Toby needed boxes! In the spirit of re-use,
from The Shed was the ideal source reduce and recycle The Farm Shop
for contacts who might be available to donates its surplus boxes and crates to
help. Running a café on the High Street the nursery, reducing their waste and
in Bembridge makes Toby an invaluable providing us with free packaging.
source of local information! In fact, a
horticulture student who was working As well as propagating and selling
part-time at The Shed now works at the plants The Coastal Gardener designs
nursery. Jenni helps to propagate and gardens for private and public spaces.
care for our extensive range of coastal

plants and maintains several gardens in The Nursery aims to exceed . . .

Bembridge and St Helens.

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Walking.....
Our area provides some fantastic walking and
cycle paths through countryside, around the lanes
and village or along the beaches.
Local suggestions can be found in the Bembridge
Parish Council Office in Foreland Road.

A few from local businesses enjoying a BBA Walk during 2016.
Photograph contributed

Bembridge Harbour Users Group (BHUG)

Created in 2005 as a sub committee of BASHHA – BHUG has recently become an independent body representing Harbour Users
in negotiations with the Harbour owners and other regulatory bodies.

Membership forms may be obtained from the Hon Sec, [email protected].
A BLOG is maintained providing LNTM’s and other useful information at: bembridgeharbourusergroup.blogspot.co.uk
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John Woodford John Woodford was born in Bembridge on
Trafalgar Day in 1936 – his family originally
John Woodford outside came to Bembridge in the 1850’s and were
his and Beryls home in 1990’s agricultural workers for the Thornycroft’s at
‘Newtown’ - Steyne.

John’s grandfather, Charles Woodford had
operated the “Imp” a steam pinnace used by
the Bembridge Steamboat Company to ferry
passengers in and out to the mainland ferry
anchored off Under Tyne, in the early 1900’s
he and the “Imp”, were often seen off the
beach at the Lane End regatta or just taking
his family out on the water!

Charles Woodford and the ‘Imp’
John’s father became a butcher at Tom Jordan’s and then in Ryde prior to taking
on ‘Woodfords’ from the Woodfords! (no relation).

W.W. Woodford & Sons, butchers
The photograph to the left shows ‘Woodford
Square’ and the butcher’s shop in it’s original
location where the War Memorial is now.
The shop was owned by the Thornycroft family
and was moved to its’present position when the
War Memorial was erected in the 1920’s

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The Osteopath &
Sports Injury Clinic
Andrew Long BSc (Hons)

• Back / Neck Pain
• Arthritic/ageing

conditions
• Sciatica
• Sports injuries
• Frozen shoulders
• Whiplash
• Upper/Lower limb pain
• Ligament strains
• Headaches
• Digestive disorders

Whether you are young or old, fit
or unfit, osteopathy can help you. If
you are not sure whether treatment
would be beneficial for you or
your child, please telephone us at
the practice to discuss whether a
consultation would be appropriate.

07884 212193

isleofwightosteopath.co.uk
or find us on Facebook

Are you thinking of buying or selling a house?
Making or updating a Will? Arranging Power of Attorney?
Needing advice on Inheritance Tax or assistance with Probate?

A J Careless Solicitors

(Incorporating Christina A. Pay and Careless & Kemp Solicitors)
Come and see us at the

Bembridge Methodist Church Hall, Foreland Road
On 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month between 2pm – 4pm
Please phone 873188 to book a time or for other appointments

(Home Visits available)

Did you know that from 1st April 2016 PhysioCare will no
longer be seeing NHS patients and that the new Contractor

will not be providing an NHS clinic in Bembridge?

The good news is that PhysioCare is staying in the village at
No 3 Weavers Yard, Lane End Road (and in Ryde & Cowes)!

Forelands beach, Vic Clark If you want to beat the NHS waiting list
and be seen quickly, contact us today!

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John was educated at Bembridge and Ryde schools during the war years – his
father as a butcher was an allocater of meat and in the school holidays his father
would take him to Newport market in a Morris 8 (ADL 991), they were one of the
few cars on the road as they were on ‘official business’ they could get fuel. It was
always a long day in Newport starting off at 06:30 and only coming home at tea
time, the highlight of the day was watching the tank training on Brading Down
on the way home!

John as a teenager
again at Newport Market
(centre watching the lambs)

Upon leaving school John had planned to go to sea as a Ship’s Pilot however
on his entry to Warsash Maritime Acadamy it was discovered that he was colour
blind, which put pay to this ambition. With his butchery background he was
put in the Catering Corp to undertake his national service and ended as the
regimental butcher for the Royal Engineers at Barton Stacey (1955 - 1957).

In 1959 John met and married his wife
Beryl, in Yaverland Church the highlight
of his life. John and Beryl are still happily
married and living in Bembridge.

Photograph left:
John and Beryl celebrating their
40th Wedding Anniversary
at the Birdham (now Spinnaker)
in 1999.

“It was the best thing to happen to me”

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John, now married settled back into Bembridge life, working with his father at
the butchery and taking over the shop upon his father’s retirement in the 1960’s
but things went wrong with a complicated family and his father’s will, and in
1974 ended up working in Newport then for David Harris’ new supermarket at
Lane End Court.
John joined the Sandown and Shanklin Camera Club and started collecting‘Postal
history’ which has led to buying postcards and he has an amazing collection of
Island and particularly Bembridge history, he was a founder member of the IW
Postcard Club .

One of John’s
‘Bembridge’ postcards...

John was an active Bembridge Parish Councillor from the late 1950’s until the
1970’s and involved with Bembridge Youth Football Club. As a local historian
John assisted with the annual heritage exhibition in Steyne Park which started
during the 1980’s and grew, now Bembridge Heritage Centre is located in its’own
museum in the old school (adjoining the library). John has written many booklets
on local history and often provides short stories for the Bembridge Parish News –

he is a wealth of knowledge
about our areas heritage,
and President of Bembridge
Heritage Society.

Bembridge Heritage week
at Steyne Park during 1980’s

Far left – John Woodford

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Private Chapel of Rest,
Monumental Stone Masonry arranged

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Gain peace of mind with a
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To find out more call Richard or Caroline Weaver
on 01983 872598

Weaver Brothers Ltd, Lane End Road, Bembridge PO35 5UE
01983 872598 www.weaverbros.co.uk

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BEMBRIDGE
HERITAGE CENTRE

New display in 2017 . . .

Stepping back in time you’ll find that Bembridge had several
bakeries serving a population that had yet to experience
supermarkets in the days when almost all shopping was
done locally.

Chicks, Riddicks and Mr Pocock each had a bakehouse on
their premises and Wrays provided bread brought in from
Binstead.

Many a local schoolboy earned his pocket money acting
as delivery boys, cycling miles around the Village in all
weathers to do home deliveries.

Who remembers Mr Nash pushing his blue cart packed with bread and cakes from Riddicks bakery?

As an addition to our popular shops feature The Heritage Centre has a new display of all these bakers, with pictures
and stories from the Families and their staff. You would not recognise those premises today and only The Bakery is
on one of the original sites.

You won’t find any of the old, familiar recipes…these are still closely guarded secrets! Bembridge Buns and Lardy
Cakes! These names will always rekindle a happy memory in the hearts of Villagers from that time.

Do come and visit us during our summer season – we’re just behind the Library between Holy Trinity and the
Cloisters. We have over 5000 artifacts in our care and over 1000 are displayed. Books and DVDs for sale.

Opening hours:
From 1 April to 30 October
Mon/Wed/Fri ~ 11 am – 3 pm and Sat 11 am – 1 pm
We have meetings and talks during the winter and on:

Saturday 20th May
Bembridge at War
an exhibition of artefacts from Bembridge
during the World Wars & other conflicts
to be displayed at our
Annual Coffee Morning and Afternoon Tea
10.00 am – 4.00 pm in Bembridge Village Hall

Entrance to the museum: FREE ~ Please donate and become a member – only £5 pa

www.bembridgeheritage.org.uk @BembridgeHeritage

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We Need Your Help to Complete Restoration and Preservation of Historic B-N Islander, G-AVCN

Want to know more? Then please contact:
Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation Society Tel: 01329 315561 email: [email protected]

Islander G-AVCN image is from a painting by Ivan Berryman

Historic B-N Islander Aircraft Restoration Project
nears Completion

In the latter part of 2017 the Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation Society will see its project to restore the oldest
Britten-Norman Islander aircraft in existence come to fruition when the aircraft is fully assembled at BNAPS’
restoration workshop near Ryde. The historic aircraft is the third BN-2 Islander produced at Bembridge Airport
and was registered as G-AVCN. 50 years ago G-AVCN was under construction in the original Bembridge Hangar
alongside what is now the Propeller Inn.
First flown from Bembridge Airport on 24 April 1967, G-AVCN later appeared at the Paris Show and on 18 August,
1967, was awarded its Passenger Transport Certificate of Airworthiness.

BN-2 Islander G-AVCN seen here at Bembridge Airport in early 1967 being prepared for a first flight

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Initially delivered in August, 1967 to Glos Air, an aircraft charter company based at Staverton Airport in
Gloucestershire, on 1 March, 1968, G-AVCN flew the inaugural scheduled passenger service from Guernsey for the
newly formed Channel Islands airline Aurigny Air Services. After some 7 years in the Channel Islands, G-AVCN was
exported to Guadeloupe where it was used by several different operators in the region for over 20 years.
Meanwhile back in 1967 there had been a massive construction effort on land alongside Bembridge Airport where
a new factory building had been brought into use that would provide the means to satisfy the exceptional level of
sales demanded for the BN-2 Islander.
Although originally envisaged as being a complete production unit, the new factory building was devoted to final
assembly, flight test and fitting out to meet customer specific requirements. A major sub-contract had been let
to the British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC) at East Cowes for manufacture and delivery of fuselages and wings
together with other components made by Westland Aircraft at Weston-Super-Mare.

Above: Design scheme for the B-N Factory
at Bembridge Airport

Left: By May 1967 the new factory
had come into use with the Islander

production line running.
Here the newly painted G-AVCN is

being prepared to depart for
the Paris Air Show.

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As is well known the Britten-Norman Islander became an outstanding success with over 1250 aircraft delivered
with over 500 still in service in more than 100 countries. Remarkably the Islander remains in production with
final assembly and flight testing being undertaken at Britten-Norman’s works at nearby Lee-on-Solent. Marketing,
support, training and manufacturing operations are still based at the company’s Bembridge site.

Now some 50 years on B-N Islander G-AVCN is currently being restored by the Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation
Society to a high quality museum static exhibition standard, for display to the public. The British Aviation
Preservation Council has already categorised this airframe as nationally significant pending its final restoration
and inspection. It is expected that this quality rebuild, by volunteer ex B-N Engineers, will be graded as a national
benchmark for its aircraft type. The restored aircraft will be a tribute to the inspired technical innovation and
leadership of John Britten and Desmond Norman and all who worked with them over many years to make the
Islander a truly outstanding success.

The restoration project began when Peter Graham, an ex B-N Commercial Manager who by this time was running
Airstream International Group, sponsored the acquisition of Islander c/n 3 together with dismantling and shipping
of the aircraft from Puerto Rico in early 2000, as part of an ambitious plan to restore it to flying condition with
the active support of the B-N Group through the provision of skilled engineering staff and facilities at Bembridge.

The Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation Society
(BNAPS) was formed as a Charitable Trust to carry the
project forward. BNAPS formation was supported by the
BN Historians organisation and participation as Trustees.

Due to changes in ownership of the B-N Group over time
the project did not proceed as planned, support was
terminated and the dismantled aircraft was stored.

G-AVCN is unloaded from the 40 foot freight container In May 2009 action was taken to see how best to save
in which it was brought home to Bembridge from the project. Meetings were convened involving various
Puerto Rico in early 2000. interested parties to find a place of safe-keeping for
the aircraft, in view of the aircraft’s unique historical
significance and provenance and the fact that it was
at risk, and to restart the project. This activity became
more urgent after it was found that the airframe and
components had been moved into open storage.

G-AVCN on the move to the Harbour Farm workshop in July 2010 New trustees were appointed under the leadership of
thanks to transport provided by H. J. Bennett the previous sponsor Peter Graham, and it was decided
that a new location should be found as the first priority.
With the help of Bembridge Heritage Society and a local
landowner a suitable workshop on a low rent was found
in the East Wight and later fitted out as a workshop by
BNAPS. The airframe was surveyed in March 2010 and in
July 2010 it was transported to the workshop ready for
the start of the restoration programme.

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The Restoration of “G-AVCN”

BNAPS Supporters Club membership was opened in March 2011 and since that time the project has gone from
strength to strength. Around 80 supporters now provide regular subscriptions. We have regular BNAPS Supporters
Club social meetings, talks and special events all of which are also open to visitors.
BNAPS News is published 6 times a year. Each issue of BNAPS News is given a wide distribution and provides a
means for informing supporters and friends of BNAPS updates of restoration project progress and achievements
and general B-N related news from home and abroad. Bob Wealthy took over from Peter Graham as BNAPS
Chairman in November 2013.
The strength of the project is in the workshop team of volunteers, made up in the majority with skilled and
experienced ex B-N engineers headed up by two ex B-N Operational Directors/Managers. The project has been
very fortunate to receive support from aviation businesses in the UK and abroad, together with help from local
businesses and suppliers.
Work has continued at a steady pace since the end of 2011 and was given significant help as a result of an earlier
Transport Trust grant awarded in 2014 to cover the major part of the work to restore and paint the fuselage. In June
2015 BNAPS was pleased to receive the Transport Trust’s Ron Wilsden award in recognition of the high quality of
the restoration work and the painted fuselage was placed on display at the“Islander 50”commemoration event at
Bembridge Airport on 13 June, 2015.

The freshly painted fuselage of G-AVCN
is put in position to go on show
at “Islander 50” in June, 2015

How B-N Islander G-AVCN will appear when fully restored

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Work on the wing, fin, rudder and landing gear has been progressed as planned. However, by late 2015 it had
become evident that, due to the limited space in the original workshop at Bembridge, the wing could not be
fully re-assembled. Also the restricted workshop space was a hindrance to some other aspects of the restoration
work. Storage of finished components such as propellers, engines, cowlings, seating etc had become of increasing
concern.

A search for larger workshop premises had been under way for some time and in November last year a suitable
building located on the East Wight was found and terms agreed with the site owners. The move to the larger
workshop took place over the period from mid-February to the end of March, with the fuselage and wing being
moved without incident on 10 March.

After the successful move some of the BNAPS’restoration team involved are seen here in the new workshop.

The new workshop provides all the space needed for completion of the wing rebuild, final assembly and storage of
finished items and means that the project can now proceed to a stage where Islander c/n 3 can be fully assembled
towards the end of 2017.

Unloading operations in progress during
the move to the larger workshop
near Ryde on 10 March, 2016.

After the successful move some of the BNAPS restoration team involved are seen here in the new workshop

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20 Bembridge Business Association (BBA)
years

20th Anniversary

This year is the 20th anniversary of the formation of the
Bembridge Business Association (’BBA’). Why was the
association formed, and what changes have there been
since then?

In early 1997 a number of local business owners believed

that existing organisations were not doing enough to

promote what Bembridge had to offer. It was thought

that a small booklet giving a short guide to Bembridge

could be produced, with the aim of encouraging

people to use the local shops and other businesses. have had an obvious presence to draw attention to
Representatives from all the local businesses were themselves. From the start it was decided that regular
invited to a meeting at Bembridge Sailing Club, where social events would be held so that members could get
the ideas were discussed, and it seemed that there was to know each other.
enough local support to move forward.
A competition was arranged, open to local schools,
It was decided that the best way to continue would businesses, and individuals to design a logo for the
be to form a “Bembridge Business Association”, which Association.
would act as the body coordinating the publication of
the booklet, together with more general promotion of Planning for the first Bembridge Guide started early,
businesses. Over the next few weeks these plans were it was decided it would be a twenty page publication,
formalised, including the writing of a draft constitution with a print run of 10,000 (though later in the year it
by John Hodge, and the inaugural meeting of the was decided to raise this to 25,000). It would contain a
Bembridge Business Association was held on 3 March. list of members, information about the area, and would
It is interesting to note that of the thirty five businesses be partially funded by advertising from members. The
attending that meeting six are still owned by the same first guide was distributed around the village in early
proprietors / family, and continue to be members of March 1998, and in 2000 a special Millenium Guide to
the BBA. In May 1997 the Constitution was formally the village was produced.

adopted, and the annual membership fee set at £15.

The initial Chairman was Mr Robin Machonchy, and Photographs opposite contributed by various members:
Robin continued to serve as Chairman for six of the first
seven years. Christmas Lights of Love including:
Santa’s Grotto in Ben Smith – Tackt-Isle Adventures van

When the invites to all businesses to attend the early The Church service
meetings were drawn up it had become apparent just Rudolf lights in 2015 and other lights in 2016
how many businesses operated in the area. This was a All the village lights at Christmas are contributed by the BBA
surprise even to long standing members of the village
businesses community. Then, as now, many people by Jim Robinson of Bembridge Marine
were found to be working from home, and might not
Top Right: BBA Christmas party at Spinnaker 2016
and below a previous Christmas party at BHYC

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Bembridge & St Helens Guide

The BBA are proud to be the producers of the Bembridge & St Helens Guide and this is now the 20th edition
and has grown from the initial 20 pages to 100 pages including the cover – it still provides very competitive
advertising rates for a print run and distribution of 25,000.
This is all thanks to the BBA Committee many of whom give a lot of time to the production, supplying photographs, content, editorial, etc., still
enabling the Guide to make a reasonable profit, being able to be put back into the BBA's promotion of our area, through support and sponsorship
of various village events in both St Helens and Bembridge. We thank our advertisers in 2017 for their continued support.

To our readers we are always looking for editorial and photographs of ‘happenings’ in our great villages please do let us have any interesting
articles or photographs, you will be credited - this year as well as the fantastic photographs from local ameteur and professionals we have some
from the mainland too!

To advertise in the 2018 Guide, submit photographs or editorial or to join the Association, please contact one of the below:

David Groom, Hon Sec. 114 High St Bembridge PO35 5SQ [email protected] • 01983 872225
[email protected] Desktop Studio, Woodnutts, The Duver St Helens PO33 1YB

www.bembridge.org • 01983 771123

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In December 1997 the Association provided free mulled Association in Southern & South East England" in the
wine to members of the public when the lights on the Calor Village of the Year Competition. We were also
Christmas tree by the Parish Offices were switched on. placed nationally in the top six, although the organisers
This tradition has continued to this day, with the BBA did not release details of the finalist's positions.
organising the annual Lights of Love Parade from Lane
End shops to the church, and culminating in free mulled At the start membership of the Association was restricted
wine and mince pies. to businesses operating within the parish of Bembridge,
but in 2007 it was decided to allow businesses based in
By the end of 1997 there were 55 members, and St Helens to join. The two villages, have always worked
membership has steadily increased over the years. The closely together and it was felt it was an obvious step to
National Trust became the 100th member to join in open membership up to our closest village.
2000. Today the BBA has over 140 members, and continues to
In early 2000 the BBA led a campaign to prevent the producetheannualguide,nowknownasthe“Bembridge
closure of the Lloyds TSB bank branch in the village. Its’ & St Helens Guide”, and which has expanded to 96 pages
success in helping to save the branch made national over the years. Social functions and other gatherings
news and established the BBA as a thriving and active are still an important part of our activities, but our main
organisation dedicated to protecting the interests of its aim is, as it’s always been, to promote the wide range
members, and the wider community.
of businesses and services available in our area. One of

The success of the Association was formally recognised the charms of living here is how much you can get done
in 2004 when it was judged to be "Best Business locally, and I’m tempted to say we are lucky that unlike
other nearby villages we have not lost so many facilities.

But, of course, it is not luck which keeps these businesses

here, they are only here so long as there are customers

for what they provide, and by helping to advertise the

range of businesses in the area the BBA contributes to

the success of the business community here.

Two events held at BSC
Top: 2013 AGM Robin Maconchy retires as Chairman
Bottom: 10th Anniversary Dinner Dance

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Here as a visitor or just looking for
something different to do with
the family over the holidays?

Bembridge Tourist Information Point is located at Bembridge Community Library
where a range of leaflets and guides containing useful information of events and
attractions to help you during your stay on the Isle of Wight are available.
Located in the heart of Bembridge, you will be able to discover many of the great
things to do on the Isle of Wight as well as places to stay and eat. Library volunteers at
this information point will be more than happy to help with enquiries.
As well as the TIP, other Library Services include:

Book, DVD and Talking Book Hire including Large Print Books
Wide selection of Hard cover and paperback books for sale at bargain prices

Jigsaws for hire and sale • Community Room for hire and functions
Fast broadband computer access • Free WiFi

Direct access to Bembridge Heritage Museum • Garden sack sales
See the Library advert on page 36 for both the

Tourist Information Point and
Bembridge Community Library opening hours.

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Harbourside Plumbing & Heating I. MANN

arboursi 4 Port St Helens, PLUMBING and HEATING
de Embankment Road,
Plum Domestic and Commercial
H St Helens, Ryde, Gas Boiler Servicing
ting Isle of Wight. PO33 1XG
Repairs and Replacements
bing & Hea Tel: 01983 873195 Bathrooms
Mob: 07939 498 171
(01983) 874224
07813906182

BPHS

Bembridge Plumbing & Heating Services

Plumbing & Heating Contractors

Heating, Bathrooms, Gas appliances
Servicing & maintenance

Tom Mobile: 07792420921
Mark Mobile: 07934682161

Email: [email protected]

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ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION and
ESTATE AGENTS

Bembridge Coast Hotel Magnolia Lodge Biles & Co
Fisherman’s Walk PO35 5TH 27 Beachfield Road PO35 5TN 13 High Street PO35 5SD
Tel: 01983 873931 Fax: 874693 Tel/Mob: 07788 849890 Tel: 01983 872335 Fax: 872279
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk www.magnolialodge.co.uk www.bilesandco.co.uk

Carol Pearce, Hide-Away Holidays Mulberry Cottage B & B H & B Holiday Lettings
Lantern Court Ducie Avenue PO35 5RT 41 High Street PO35 5SE (Harrison Bristow)
Tel: 01983 872285 Tel: 01983 874794 15 High St PO35 5SD
[email protected] [email protected] Tel: 01983 875378
hideaway-holidays.co.uk/hideaway-holidays.com www.mulberrybedandbreakfast.com [email protected]
www.hbholidaylettings.co.uk
The Chicken Shed Old Mill Holiday Park Hose Rhodes Dickson
22 Beachfield Road PO35 5TN Mill Road, St Helens PO33 1UE Sherbourne House
Tel: 01983 875557 Tel: 01983 872507 Sherbourne Street PO35 5RZ
[email protected] [email protected] Tel 01983 875000 Fax: 875111
thechickenshed.iowight.com www.oldmill.co.uk [email protected]
Garden Annexe B & B Sandhills Holiday Park www.hose-rhodes-dickson.co.uk
Briar Hedge House Lane End Road PO35 5UE Whitecliff Bay PO35 5QB Spence Willard
Tel: 01983 872695 07960576119 Tel: 01983 872277 Grove House Shernbourne St PO35 5SQ
[email protected] [email protected] Tel: 01983 873000
The Garland B & B www.sandhillsholidaypark.com www.spencewillard.co.uk
Ducie Avenue PO35 5NF Silversands Court Turnbull and Maton
Tel: 01983 872241 Church Road PO35 5AA 3 Foreland Road PO35 5XN
www.garlandbedandbreakfast.com Tel: 01983 872496 Tel: 01983 874777
[email protected] www.mccarthyandstone.co.uk [email protected]
Hill Farm [email protected] www.turnbullandmaton.co.uk
Carpenters Road St Helens PO36 0BB The Spinnaker Wight Coast Holidays
Tel: 01983 875184 1 Steyne Road PO35 5UH 37 High Street PO35 5SD
[email protected] Tel: 01983 873572 Tel: 01983 873163
www.hillfarmbrading.co.uk [email protected] [email protected]
Houseboat Harbourside View www.thespinnakeriow.co.uk www.wightcoastholidays.co.uk
Embankment Road PO35 5NS
Tel: 01983 339084
www.harbourside-iow.co.uk
[email protected]

Charlotte Hodge Thomas ARTS and CRAFTS
24 Walls Road PO35 5RD
Tel: 01983 875727 The Coastal Gardener
[email protected] 24 Beachfield Rd PO35 5TN
www.charlottehodgethomas.co.uk Tel/Mob: 07977 550050
ClayClay [email protected]
15 High Street PO35 5SD www.thecoastalgardener.co.uk
Tel: 01983 875378 Konig Woodwork
Tel: 07836 761541 The Pines Swains Lane PO35 5ST
www.clayclay.co.uk Tel: 01983 873202
[email protected] [email protected]

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Bob Brain Services RICHARD BUCKLEY

EXTENSION, ROOFING & HOME IMPROVEMENTS quality painting & decorating
Est. 1982
dry-lining, tiling, artexing,

coving & skimming
Mobile:- 07714 059327 ceiling & wall repairs

[email protected] telephone:

81 Howgate Rd, Bembridge, I.O.W. PO35 5QY (01983) 874665
07866 197 430

Building Contractors N.H.B.C. registered

Tel: (01983) 875892 & 875340

email: [email protected]

CHALLEN

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS LTD
All Trades

Telephone/Fax:
01983 872808
Mobile 07815551119
Email: [email protected]

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CLUBS and COMMUNITY HAIR and BEAUTY

Bembridge Community Library Brading Haven Yacht Club Bembridge Barbers
Church Road PO35 5NA Embankment Rd PO33 1XQ 9 High Street PO35 5SD
Tel: 01983 873102 Tel: 01983 872289 Tel/Mob: 075111 64801
[email protected] [email protected] Chi Chi Hair & Beauty
www.bembridgelibrary.org www.bhyc.org.uk Foreland Road PO35 5XN
The Children's House Montessori BN Aircraft Preservation Society Tel: 01983 873666
51 Howgate Road PO35 5QN 7 William Close Fareham, PO14 2PQ [email protected]
Tel: 01983 874481, 07860497608 Tel: 01329 315561 www.chichihairandbeauty.co.uk
www.montessoriiow.co.uk [email protected] Stephens Hairdressing
[email protected] RNLI Bembrige 1a Lane End Court PO35 5UE
Bembridge Harbour Trust Bembridge Lifeboat Station Lane End Road Tel: 01983 872692
c/o Jill Attrill, Attrills Yard, The Duver PO35 5TB Tel: 01983 875127 [email protected]
St Helens PO33 1YB bembridgelifeboat.org.uk, rnli.org.uk Tricias Hair Salon
www.bembridgeharbourtrust.org [email protected] 27 High Street PO35 5SD
Bembridge Harbour Users Group St Helens Primary School Tel: 01983 874565 [email protected]
5 Woodnutt Close PO35 5YF Chair of Governors Broomlands Close
Tel: 01983 875933 PO33 1XH Tel: 01983 872442
[email protected] www.sthelensprimaryschool.org.uk
[email protected]

Bembridge Sailing Club St Helens Sports Association
Embankment Road PO35 5NR The Green St Helens
Tel: 01983 872237 Fax: 874950 c/o The Asst. Secretary Mr C Millington
[email protected] Tel: 01983 873984
www.bembridgesailingclub.org [email protected]

Bembridge Village Hall Windmills Preschool
High Street PO35 5SW c/o Bembridge Primary Walls Rd PO35 5RH
Tel/Fax: 01983 875108 Tel: 01983 873575
[email protected] [email protected]

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J. M. DEATH
BUILDERS &
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LTD

Complete renovation of Ducie Avenue All Building Works Undertaken
property by SSJ Contractors
Telephone Jonathan:
01983 874184 / 07866 025 206

125 High Street Bembridge
Isle of Wight PO35 5SQ
email: [email protected]

Providing a first class service for all your Civil,
Structural & Environmental Engineering needs

Can we help?

Covering the Isle of Wight
and Portsmouth areas

Contact us on:

01983 875743
or 02392 704260
email: [email protected]
website: www.dm-assoc.com

87-89 High St • Bembridge • PO35 5SF
Building 1000 • Lakeside Nth Harbour
Western Rd • Portsmouth • PO36 3EZ

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HEALTHCARE SERVICES MEDIA and SERVICES

Andrew Long (Osteopath) TJA Chiropractor Desktop Studio
Stanwell Cottage, Hillway PO35 5PS 10B Weavers Yard Lane End Rd PO35 5US Woodnutts The Duver St Helens PO33 1YB
Tel: 01983 872659 Mob: 07884 212193 Tel: 01983 874123 Tel: 01983 872225
Anthropometry Training Ltd Mob: 07790 745898 [email protected]
Engleside, Lane End Road P035 5UE [email protected] www.desktopstudio.co.uk
Tel: 01983 875311 Mob: 07941 453879 www.chiropractor-iw.com Foreland Books
[email protected] The Elms Nursing Home Seascape Cottage 27 Forelands Field Road
www.anthrotraining.co.uk Scio Healthcare and PO35 5TR
Anu Natural Therapy Courtdrift Assisted Living Tel: 01983 872304
Weavers Yard, Lane End Road PO35 5US Swains Road PO35 5XS www.islandcook.org.uk
Tel/Mob: 07974 643241 Tel: 01983 872248 [email protected]
[email protected] Fax: 01983 875206 Sign Shop
Graham Hall (Chiropodist) [email protected] 5 Weavers Yard, Lane End Road PO35 5US
Daisy Bank, 46 Steyne Road PO35 5UL [email protected] Tel: 01983 875510 Mob:07896 928369
Tel: 01983 875625 www.sciohealthcare.co.uk [email protected]
[email protected] www.courtdrift.co.uk www.signshopiow.co.uk
PhysioCare (Isle of Wight) The Limes Care Home Vectis Web Design
Weavers Yard Lane End Rd PO35 5US 43 Foreland Road PO35 5XN 114 High Street PO35 5SQ
Tel: 01983 812576 Tel: 01983 873655 Fax: 01983 874170 Tel: 01983 873853
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
www.physio-care.com www.vectis-webdesign.com
Wight Media
MOTOR and MARINE SERVICES PO Box 119 PO35 5WZ
Tel: 01983 872191
www.wightmedia.co.uk
[email protected]

AA Coombes BPT Ribs TAXIS
Embankment Road PO35 5NR (Bembridge Powerboat Training)
Tel: 01983 872296 Woodnutts The Duver PO33 1YB Bembridge and Harbour Taxis
[email protected] Tel: 01983 778077 Mob: 07850110302 28 Walls Road PO35 5RT
Bembridge Boat Storage www.powerboat-training.com Tel: 01983 874132
The Duver St Helens PO33 1YB [email protected] [email protected]
Tel: 01983 872828 GP Motorworks Windmill Cars
[email protected] Embankment Road PO35 5NS Cedrela, Latima Road,
www.bembridgeboatstorage.co.uk Tel: 01983 874997 St Helens PO33 1TR
Bembridge Harbour Authority [email protected] Tel/Mob: 07956 446538
Harbour Office The Duver PO33 1YB www.gpmotor.co.uk [email protected]
Tel: 01983 872828 Shaun Burden Vehicle Repairs www.windmillcars.com
www.bembridgeharbour.co.uk Harbour Industrial Estate
[email protected] Embankment Road PO35 5NR LOCAL TAXIS
Bembridge Marine Tel: 01983 872131
Embankment Road PO35 5NS Spinnaker Yacht Chandlery
Tel: 01983 872817 Embankment Road PO35 5NR
[email protected] Tel:01983 874324
www.bembridgemarine.com www.spinnakerchandlery.co.uk
BMS – Bembridge Motor Services [email protected]
The Embankment PO35 5NR
Tel: 01983 873744 Fax: 01983 874352 Will Squibb Boatbuilders
[email protected] Attrills Yard The Duver St Helens PO33 1YB
www.bms-iow.co.uk Tel: 01983 874629 Mob:07855 017560
[email protected]
www.willsquibb.net

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PROFESSIONAL and OTHER SERVICES

A J Careless (Solicitors) Jubilee Fireworks IOW Trevaskis Accounting
19 Church Street Ventnor PO38 SN Spyder UK The Duver PO33 1YB 67 High Street PO35 5SF
Tel: 01983 873188 Tel: 07747848516 Tel: 01983 872387
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
www.carelessandkemp.co.uk Jude’s Accounting T W Woodcock
The Bembridge Law Practice Olive Cottage Carpenters Road The Old Cottage Upper Green Road
Grove Mews Sherbourne St PO35 5SB St Helens PO33 1YQ St Helens PO33 1UQ
Tel: 01983 875859 Fax: 01983 873830 Tel: 01983 727024 Tel: 01983 872519 Mob: 07737 315116
[email protected] www.judesaccountancy.com [email protected]
www.terencewilley.co.uk Lacey’s (IOW) Ltd The Discount Club
Bevan Young Assoc 42 High Street PO35 5SF by Utility Warehouse
Lynwood House Foreland Road PO35 5XN Tel: 01983 872663 19 Paddock Drive PO35 5TL
Tel: 01983 873838 www.laceysremovals.co.uk Tel: 01983 875151
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
www.bevan-young.com Love Ironing www.island-discounts.co.uk
Chubbroyd 41 Lincoln Way PO35 5RR WHTS (Dutch Translation Services)
11 Pelham Close PO35 5TS Tel/Mob: 07895 024416 Sunshine Cottage 1 Rolfs Close PO35 5RL
Tel/Fax: 01983 875108 [email protected] Tel: 01983 872334
[email protected] N-data Ltd [email protected]
D&H Electronics Hibre, Road PO33 1TJ Weaver Brothers
Weavers Yard Lane End Court Tel: 01983 214300 Weavers Yard, Lane End Court
Lane End Road PO35 5US ndata.co.uk Lane End Road PO35 5UE
Tel: 01983 874577 Fax: 01983 872726 Spyder UK Tel: 01983 872598 Fax: 01983872981
[email protected] 3 Attrills Yard, The Duver, [email protected]
Eazi Cleaners St Helens PO33 1YB www.weaverbros.co.uk
Sunnyside Carpenters Road Tel: 01983 779337 Wight Home Inspections
St Helens PO33 1YQ [email protected] www.spyderuk.com 24 Walls Road PO35 5RD
Tel: 01983 874259 TraceWiseUK Ltd Tel: 01983 875262
Mob: 07773 277096 5 Maritime Mews Sherbourne Street [email protected]
Ed's Tents PO35 5SQ www.wighthomeinspections.co.uk
Shoreside, Beach Road PO35 5NQ Tel: 02079932173
Tel: 01983 875144 Mob: 07971 250957 tracewiseuk.co.uk
[email protected] [email protected]
www.eds-tents.com

PETS

Medina Veterinary Group Sit Stay Walk
2/4 Foreland Road PO35 5XW Green Gates Heathfield Road PO35 5UW
Tel: 01983 875901 and 01983 883955 Tel: 01983 873776, 07764489034
[email protected] www.sit-stay-walk.co.uk
Sara's Dog Grooming [email protected]
4a Weavers Yard PO35 5US
Tel: 01983 875396
Mob: 07794 463016
[email protected]

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PROPERTY SERVICES

A M Faithfull Garry Price (The Coastal Gardener) Mark Elderkin Property Renovation &
132 Howgate Road PO35 5QZ 24 Beachfield Road PO35 5TN Maintainance
Tel: 01983 875488 Tel: 07977550050 Wing House Hilway Road PO35 5PN
[email protected] www.thekeepsakecompany.co.uk Tel: 07801657024
Bembridge Plumbing & Heating www.isleofwightwhitecliffcaravan.com [email protected]
14 Foreland Road PO35 5XW www.thecoastalgardener.co.uk R n J Garden Construction
Tel: 07934 682161 Mob: 07792 420921 [email protected] Avon View Carpenters Rd
[email protected] H J Bennett St Helens PO33 1YQ
Bob Brain Seafield Garage, Faulkner Lane Tel: 01983 872464
81 Howgate Road PO35 5QY Sandown PO36 9AZ [email protected]
Tel/Fax: 01983 872736 Tel: 01983 873415 Richard Buckley
Mob: 07714 059327 [email protected] 40 Forland Road PO35 5XW
[email protected] www.hjbennett.co.uk SA Cooper
Challen Building & Renovations Harbourside Plumbing & Heating Ashlea Mitten Road PO355UP
Culver View Lodge Carpenters Rd PO33 1YG 4 Port St Helens PO33 1XG Tel: 07725122611
Tel: 01983 872808 Tel: 01983 873195 www.simonacooper.co.uk
Mob: 07815 551119 [email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] Ian Mann Plumbing & Heating SSJ Contractors
Coast IoW 13 Station Road PO33 1YF 87/89 High Street PO35 5SF
8 Port St Helens, Embankment Road, Tel: 01983 874224 Tel/Fax: 01983 875050
St Helens PO33 1XG Mob: 07813 906182 [email protected]
Tel: 07800 755817 or 07964829997 [email protected] www.ssjcontractors.co.uk
[email protected] J M DeathBuilders & Property Total Fabrication
coastiow.co.uk Maintenance Ltd Redruth Manna Road PO35 5UX
D McCallum & Associates Fairlands 125 High Street PO35 5SQ Tel: 01983 875205 Mob: 07831 660667
87-89 High Street PO35 5SF Tel: 07866025206, 01983 874184 [email protected]
Tel:01983 875743 [email protected]
www.dm-assoc.com
[email protected]

PROPERTY SERVICES

Bembridge Building Supplies Crumbs Spinnaker
87-89 High Street PO35 5SF 3 Lane End Court PO35 5UE Embankment Road PO35 5NR
Tel: 01983 873553 Mob: 07773 558340 Tel: 01983 873951 Tel: 01983 874324
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Bembridge Flower Shop La Wode www.spinnakerchandlery.co.uk
6 High Street PO35 5SD 7 Forelands Road PO35 5XN St Helens Post Office
Tel: 01983 875500 Tel: 01983 872008 Upper Green Road St Helens PO33 1UN
[email protected] Tel:01983 872710
www.bembridgeflowershop.co.uk Mother Goose Bookshop The Farm Shop
Clay Clay Lower Green Road PO33 1TP 8 High Street PO35 5SD
15 High Street PO35 5SD Tel: 01983 873897 Tel: 01983 874236
Tel: 01983 875378 Mob: 07836 761541 [email protected] WW Woodford & Sons
[email protected] www.mothergoose4books.co.uk 26 High Street PO35 5SF
www.clayclay.co.uk Pomegranate Tel: 01983 872717
Co-op Welcome (Post Office) High Street PO35 5SD
4 Lane End Court Lane End PO35 5UE www.pomergranateiow.co.uk
Tel: 01983 872627 Mob: 07966 005492 [email protected]

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VISITOR ATTRACTIONS WINE and DINE
and ACTIVITIES

Bembridge Heritage Centre Baywatch on the Beach Regal Fish & Chip Shop
Rear Library Church Road PO35 5NA The Duver PO33 1XY 11 Foreland Road PO35 5XN
Tel: 01983 875790 Tel: 01983 873259 Tel/Fax: 01983 873334
www.bembridgeheritage.org.uk The Best Dressed Crab Ltd Shed
[email protected] The Fishermans Wharf Embankment Road 4 High Street PO35 5SD
Bembridge Powerboat PO35 5NS Tel: 01983 873555
Training & Charter / BPT Ribs Tel: 01983 874758 [email protected]
Woodnutts The Duver PO33 1YB [email protected] The Pilot Boat Inn
Tel: 01983 778077 Mob: 07850 110302 Culver Down Cafe Station Road PO35 5NN
[email protected] (Culver Down Rd) c/o The Bungalow 6 Tel: 01983 872077
www.powerboat-training.com Malborough Road PO33 1AP www.thepilotboatinn.com
Bembridge Youth & Community Tel: 07871242170 Tollgate Café
Centre (BYCC) The Culver Haven Inn Embankment Road PO35 5NR
Steyne Park Steyne Road Culver Down Road PO36 8QT Tel: 01983 872742
Tel: 01983 873311 Bookings: 01983 874160 Tel: 01983 406107 The Crab & Lobster Inn
[email protected] www.bycc.org.uk www.culverhaven.com 32 Foreland Fields Road PO35 5TR
Cachalot Charters [email protected] Tel: 01983 872244
5 Seymour Place Station Road PO35 5NW www.crabandlobsterinn.co.uk
Tel: 01983 874100 Mob: 07974 179310 Fox's Restaurant The Propeller Inn
[email protected] 11 High Street PO35 5SD Bembridge Airport
www.cachalot-charters.co.uk Tel: 01983 872626 Tel: 01983 873611
[email protected] Mob: 07838 116 578
The Old Village Inn
National Trust Ganders Restaurant 61 High Street PO35 5SF
Upper Green Road St Helens PO331UQ Tel: 01983 872616
Bembridge Windmill Mill Road PO35 5SQ Tel: 01983 872014 The Spinnaker
Tel: 01983 741020 [email protected] 1 Steyne Road PO35 5UH
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bembridge-windmill Tel: 01983 872840
www.thespinnakeriow.co.uk
RNLI – Bembridge Lockslane [email protected]
Lifeboat Station Lane End Road PO35 5TB 9 Foreland Road PO35 5XN
Tel: 01983 875127 [email protected] Tel: 01983 875233
bembridgelifeboat.org.uk [email protected]
Sally’s Riding www.lockslane.co.uk
Bantry House Ducie Avenue PO35 5NE Lu Shan
Tel: 01983 872260 Sherbourne Street PO35 5RZ
Tackt-Isle Adventures Tel: 01983 875559
Woodnutts The Duver St Helens PO33 1YB [email protected]
Tel: 01983 875542 Mob: 07581 260389
[email protected] www.tackt-isle.co.uk

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“WHERE EVERY “ 61 High Street, Bembridge,
VISITOR IS A Isle of Wight, PO35 5SF
LOCAL AND EVERY
LOCAL IS OUR GUEST Phone:

CASUAL DINING 01983 872616
LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY

& SATURDAY

Our Chef has created a menu for you, fresh from the Village, to our Kitchen to your plate. Relax
& enjoy traditional dishes with a twist. Something you don’t get at home. All from our local
suppliers Woodford’s Butchers, Jane’s Farm Shop, Captain Stan’s & Denny the Local Fisherman

Seafood Cocktails Chef’s Terrines & Pâtés Fresh Pasta Dishes

* * * *Fresh Soups Ale-Poached Pork Belly Moroccan Lamb Skewers Suet
* * *Crust Homemade Pies Black Gold Steak Menu Local Fish & Game Dishes

* *Butcher’s Burgers & Sausage & Mash Varied Kid’s Menu Homemade
* * *Traditional Dessert Board …amongst other OVI Classics and our Special’s Board!

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Advertisers' Index

A A Coombes 5

A J Careless Solicitors 70

A M Faithfull & Sons 86

Andrew Long, Osteopath, Sports Injury Clinic 70

Anu Natural Beauty 45

Baywatch on the Beach inside front cover

Bembridge & Harbour Taxis 51

Bembridge Barbers 46

Bembridge Boat Storage 4

Bembridge Building Supplies 64

Bembridge Coast Hotel back cover

Bembridge Community Library 36 Culver Haven Inn, The 28

Bembridge Flower Shop 36

Bembridge Fort (National Trust) 29 Desktop Studio 2
DMA (D McCallum & Assoc) 88
Bembridge Harbour 12

Bembridge Harbour Food Festival 59

Bembridge Harbour Trust 68 Eazi Cleaners 61
Elms Nursing Home, The (Scio Healthcare) 70
Bembridge Harbour Users Group 68 Etiquette Security UK 57

Bembridge Heritage Centre 74

Bembridge Law Practice, The 47

Bembridge Marine 11 Farm Shop, The 36
Fox's Restaurant 37
Bembridge Motor Services (BMS) 5

Bembridge Plumbing & Heating Services 84 G P Motorworks 4
G P Self Storage 84
Bembridge Powerboat Training 11 Ganders Restaurant 61
Garland Bed & Breakfast, The 22
Bembridge Sailing Club (BSC) 22

Bembridge Windmill (National Trust) 55

Best Dressed Crab Limited, The 18

Biles & Co Estate Agents 40 Harbourside Plumbing & Heating 84
H & B Holiday Lettings (Annabel Harrison) 43
Bob Brain Services 86 Hideaway Holidays, Brittany Cottage 57
Hill Farm 16
B-N Aircraft Preservation Society (BNAPS) 75 Hose Rhodes Dickson 40

BPT Ribs (Bembridge PB Charter) 55

Brading Haven Yacht Club (BHYC) 18

Challen Building & Renovations 86 I. Mann Plumbing and Heating 84
Chi-Chi Hair & Beauty 45 Ink Shop, The 2
Chicken Shed, The (self catering) 43
Clay Clay Shop, The 40 J M Death Builders 88
Coast IW 96 56
Coastal Gardener, The 55 Jubilee Fireworks
Courtdrift Assisted Living (The Elms) 61 36
Crab & Lobster, The 26 58
La Wode

Lacey’s Removals & Storage

Photography – these pages, ‘Bembridge Harbour’ by Sienna Anderson, Soul Photography
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Lockslane 37 Sandhills Holiday Park 28

Love Ironing 58 Sara's Dog Grooming 45

Lu Shan (Chinese Restaurant) 40 Shaun Burden Vehicle Repairs 22

Shêd 37

Magnolia Lodge Bed and Breakfast 26 Sign Shop 51
Mark Elderkin 88
Mark Konig, Woodworker & Turner 58 Sit Stay Walk 18
Medina Veterinary Group
43 Southwell Landscape Photography 57
(Pets@MedinaVets)
Montessori School Schools 51 Spence Willard inside back cover
61
(Bembridge & St Helens) 46 Spinnaker, The 26
Mother Goose Bookshop
Mulberry Cottage Bed & Breakfast 29 / 55 Spinnaker Chandlery 22

National Trust Spyder UK 56

SSJ Contractors 88

St Helens Post Office & Store 60

Stephen’s Hairdressing 43

Stern Room, The (@ The Spinnaker) 83

Oasis 30 / 31 Tackt-Isle Adventures 16
Old Mill Holiday Park 16 Tim Woodcock Book-keeping 58
Old Village Inn, The 93 TJA Chiropractic Clinic 45
Tollgate Café 22
Physiocare & Sports Injury Clinic 70 Total Fabrication 58
Tricia's Hair Salon 38
Pilot Boat Inn, The 18 Turnbull & Maton 46

Pomegranate 36

Popples Coffee Shop 60

Vectis Web Design 2

R n J Garden Construction 66 Warburton’s Welcome Co-op 52
Rectory Mansion 73
Regal Fish & Chip Shop 37 Weaver Bros 73
Richard Buckley 86
RNLI (Bembridge Lifeboat Station) 24 Will Squibb Boatbuilders & Marine Surveyors 5
Sally’s Riding 54
Windmill Cars 51

Windmills Preschool 58

W W Woodford & Sons 46

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