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2011 Exhibition - Businesses of Cowes
Cowes Heritage's 2011 exhibition will feature the Businesses of Cowes. We are looking for photographs, artefacts and memories (especially if you worked in or owned a shop or public house); anything that will add to a growing history database and can be used in this exciting exhibition.
If you have any photographs you would like to share with us for this exhibitions then you can use our image uploader
Businesses of Cowes
The Story of Northwood House
Churches of Cowes, Northwood & Gurnard
Cowes at War
White's of Cowes
The Changing Face of Cowes
Maritime Cowes
Transport through the Ages
Schooldays
Cowes at Play
A brand new book with 152 pages detailing the history of pubs, inns, taverns, hotels & beer houses in Cowes & district. Loads of pictures and stories.
The story of Northwood House & the Ward Family. A new book complied by George Chastney, charting the history of Northwood House and Park. A fascinating look at a family that at one time owned almost one fifth of the iIsland.
Just publishedA book about the history of piers in Cowes.
An Isle of Wight town's history of public transport
DVD £12.95
A journey through the war years in Cowes, Isle of Wight
DVD £8.99
Cowes Heritage's 2011 exhibition has now finished; it was a huge success.
Read more about Businesses of Cowes
The Story of Northwood House plus the once influential Ward family and its many Isle of Wight properties.
With fascinating displays also showing this well known listed Cowes House was a school, nunnery, wartime Red Cross hospital and venue for glittering balls.
Read more about The Story of Northwood House
In past decades, when it was the norm for a high proportion of the population to attend a church or chapel on Sundays, was the subject of the latest exhibition staged by Cowes Heritage.
Read more about Churches of Cowes, Northwood & Gurnard
Newly formed, Cowes Heritage sought to capture what it was like living in Cowes at a time when England faced the threat of destruction.
Read more about Cowes at War
A Cowes shipyard that made a huge impact on the industrial life of the Isle of Wight.
Read more about White's of Cowes
An exhibition that featured changes in the street scene at Cowes over the years.
Read more about The Changing Face of Cowes
The story of many local companies that have helped maintain the town as a centre for building and servicing yachts, and as a centre for yacht racing.
Read more about Maritime Cowes
The rich and diverse history of transport in Cowes was the subject of an exhibition staged in 2008.
Read more about Transport through the Ages
Cowes Heritage examined how schooling had evolved in the Cowes area over the centuries.
Read more about Schooldays
Leisure activities of yester-year were celebrated at a 'Cowes at Play' exhibition.
Read more about Cowes at Play
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