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A former furniture store in Spring Hill, Ventnor, is the headquarters of the Ventnor Historical Society and their Heritage Museum. Among the many exhibits are relics of WW2 and the railway age on which the holiday resort of Ventnor was founded in Victorian times. The railway has gone but there is at least a working model of the terminus. These artefacts, together with the large archive of local material, are in the care of Graham Bennet, Curator, and Fay Hewitt Brown, Archivist, who provides a weekly history column in the local paper. The Museum is normally open May to October. Special visits can be arranged.

Filmed and produced by Will Jackson.

Bargain Hunter's Paradise

There are eight Charity shops in Ryde on the Isle of Wight and probably just as many in the other Island towns. Felicity went on a tour of Ryde to find out what’s available. All these shops run with the support of many volunteers though they also employ professional managers.

Filmed and produced by Felicity Steenberg.

Haylands Farm

Haylands Farm, on the outskirts of Ryde, Isle of Wight, is a facility allied to MENCAP which provides a practical working environment for Students with special needs. With a devoted team of professional and volunteer workers, up to 60 students are currently engaged in practical work with added social benefits on the site.

The farm engages students in farm activity and also provides a social environment to allow them to expand their personal capabilities. Farming activity includes horticulture, providing plants for local buyers and municipal authorities, plus animal products arising from pigs, goats and chickens. In addition they also have workshop facilities for practical joinery and provide an aluminium recycling service coping with the vast amount of waste drinks cans arising from many Island Music Festivals.

Filmed and produced by Louis Lawrence.

Drop-in club for the unemployed

The Baptist Church in Pier St. Ventnor is where currently unemployed people from the area can drop in for coffee and lunches in this special club run by volunteers at the church. This is the first video made by Charles Blake for VTV though he has made several videos which are shown on his YouTube channel.