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I see the car starts of in Arthur Street. I was born and grew up literally round the corner in Pellhurst Road. When I last visited Ryde a few years ago they still hadn't the roads from the time this video was recorded. Regarding the Arcade, it was a great place for buying second-hand records and books.

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Firstly, does anyone have any 90s videos of Union Street or more specifically Victorian Arcade? I'd love to see the shops in there again, CB games is where my friend and I spent a lot of time buying and trading games. We loved it, sometimes there every day of the week and even more than once a day if we changed our minds about a game we just bought from there. Great video here though. The road layouts were so much better back then, not so much traffic lights, traffic and parked cars. These days driving on the island is awful, now it's just rammed with traffic all day every day, and constant huge commercial vehicles.

Hi Geoff, did you go to Ryde secondary modern school by any chance, in the 1960s?

I lived there !

Did you mean a drive around the IoW, or a drive around the Ryde area ???

The buildings are the same as. 60 years ago , its the cars and fashions that. change

It’s amazing apart from a few bits it doesn’t look any different to be honest

Everyone looks so enthusiastic lol

Yeah n month I lost my dad

Awesome music ❤️

nice upload

Thanks for this. I was looking for something about the classic 1970 IOW festival site and got hooked on this. Amazing how steep those back streets are, like San Fransisco.

There was a lot less traffic then, the roads seemed easier to use, no lights at Queens Rd,👍The Swanmore post office and the Partlands Pubs, Ashey Rd didn't have the priority traffic mess. or the roundabout at Smallbrook. Nice trip down memory lane. And your parking space was still there when you got back.😄

Fascinating at 4:30 and the last few frames showing engine and paddles...

Health and safety would ruin that if it was done today. Big bosom corner..haha

Thanks for this Geoff. I was born in the 60s on George st near the seafront. Moved away but still visit occasionally. I plan to recreate your film when I take the motorcycle over next. I have to admire the stability of your video, not an easy feat with the old vhs cameras.

This is 1982, my Stepfather was driving the red Escort mk1 at 0:19 He retired on the last stage in Parkhurst Forest with car trouble. The cameraman has captured me and my Mum; I'm the blond kid wearing blue jeans and hoodie, then Ten years old, my Mum is leaning against the Escort in blue jeans & jumper, the other two guys in jeans and white tee's were mechanics. Cheers for sharing.

Brilliant-brought back so many memories of growing up as a kid in a green and pleasant Island-Lived in the big house Wellwood (now Wellwood Grange) during the war as my grandparents were caretakers-awesome!

How hilly is the IOW? This video gives the impression that it could give San Francisco a run for its money.

Loads of Metros about there and lots of Ford Fiestas and Sierras. Quite a few vehicles from the 1970s and earlier too including the odd Triumph Dolimite etc

These videos make you realise how good hand held cameras actually were back in the day

The fact that I went up this road today is acc funny icl

It was 1982, i was in the TR8. Thanks for putting this up, my one and only trip to the IOW rally, We finished 2nd O/A, David Maslen won it in one of his dads' Gp 4 BD Escorts, he was fortunate though as he went off in one of the Parkhurst [ best stage ] stages and lost 2 mins. Mysteriously that stage later got cancelled. A VERY well run and organised Rally, albeit a tad rough in places.

Lovely to see all this. Even if I don't know or remember everything on this road trip - I have been to the IoW last in 1991 and then much later in 2011 after all these years - I really enjoyed this trip! Thanks a lot!

93 is the year I passed my driving test. Lovely to see the older cars that were still typical then. My first car was a 1980 Renault 5, until I stacked it into a ditch

I stayed on holiday with my parents in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in 93 when I was 12. Nice place

Ah yes, GTA: IOW. The gameplay was a bit more staid than the rest of the franchise, but the graphics were pretty damn good for 1993

Roads look a lot better than now haha

What an absolute gem for posterity. Thank you 🙏

1:28 My old silver Rover Metro GTa. I lived in the house over the road :D

The car driving the videographer, has to have belt drive. Surly a veromatic , DAF, Ford?. The place has changed somewhat. The trees have grown and the neatly cut hedges around Ryde are now overgrown and bullshitted about randomly in the local and national press. Shame we changed.

This is so fascinating, feel a mixture of happiness and sadness watching this. Used to live on the IOW as a kid (Weston Lane, Totland Bay) around '93, I would've been about 5. I can't help but feel that life just looks and feels better back then - looks a beautiful day! Must feel particularly awesome for you to watch this back. Wonderful journey this - thank you, and best wishes!

Good video, shame about the song playing in the car i think it's phil Collins

Ah the nineties, my childhood. Apart from the cars, not much has changed.

Brilliant I felt as though I was actually in the car I am considering moving to the iow and wanted to see as much as I could and I did it was excellent I'm hoping there's more videos like this on the other areas of the island thank you really enjoyed it 💥

The Rover/Austin Maestro. The car you could actually hear rusting !

at least they've fixed most of the roads now, nice trip thanks

Nice! I may probably do an updated version as I am regular visitor to the Island although live in the Midlands. I love IoW and would love to move there.

THERE HE IS, baby Adam Pacitti!

6:02 Hello, Adam Pacitti of Cultaholic.com, now CANCELLED!

Simpler times even back in 1993!

It still looks much the same 27 years on. The only thing I noticed was turning into Cross Street from George Street the car was on the right hand side of the road.

those people must be old now!

wow! so cool

Hello, this is Ryde , England ? The Beatles wrote a song about Ryde......." She's got a Ticket to Ride..." John Steelman from North Carolina.

Very much back to the future, around 10 minutes in went straight passed where I was living in 1993.

Loved the island stages ,I managed to get to sit in a metro 6r4 one year in the pits along Forrest road .

i currently live in this town and it's pretty wicked to see what it once was, i'm mostly surprised whats stayed the same. its also strange to see some hotels thriving that are now so famously abandoned. I wasn't around for any of the 90's and by the looks of this, ryde had a massive glow up since then, but we've also lost some treasures

Would be so fun reliving 1993 again. Everything looks so old. Love it