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Dive straight in and have a quick listen to these interesting snippets from the fascinating lives of our interviewees to learn about how life has been on the seas over the past decades in some of their lovely old Isle of Wight accents. They’re generally a couple of minutes long and there are hundreds of them for you to enjoy. Just click /touch to hear them.

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Prototype hovercraft

Christopher Bland on Transport

Trinity House work boat, carried on board the tenders

David Burdett on Navigation

Trinity House workboat going into Longships

David Burdett on Navigation

Marine Explorer in London for 200th anniversary of Hydrographic Survey

David Burdett on Navigation

Trinity House vessel ready wheelhouse

David Burdett on Navigation

Trinity House East Cowes Depot gate in 1960

David Burdett on Navigation

Island Harbour and the River Medina

David Burdett on Rivers

THV Mermaid launch in 1959 - one of four tenders built by J S Whites

David Burdett on Shipbuilding

Tug Hofland and barge Kathleen May at Cowes en route to Gloucester

David Burdett on Transport

Ex Cowes Express St Agata (Wight King) arrives in Tenerife

David Burdett on Transport

Tug Hofland and barge Kathleen May pausing at Cowes

David Burdett on Transport

Tug Hofland towing Kathleen May in Sharpness canal

David Burdett on Transport

HMS Alliance and JL 68

David Burdett on Wartime

View of Freshwater Gate. Numerous crab pots in the foreground on the beach

David Butler on Fishing

Steephill Cove with houses and fishing boats

David Butler on Fishing

Crowd gathered next to the wrecked Pride of the Sea at Yellow Ledge, Shanklin after a storm on 29th October 1887

David Butler on Saving Lives at Sea

Cow rescue at St Lawrence

David Butler on Saving Lives at Sea

Rope training at St Catherine's

David Butler on Saving Lives at Sea

Coastguard team outside the old hut

David Butler on Saving Lives at Sea

Rocket drill taking place with the breeches bouy being hauled along the clifftop

David Butler on Saving Lives at Sea

Rocket drill taking place on the clifftop. The tripod and hawser are setup

David Butler on Saving Lives at Sea

Coastguard with dolphin

David Butler on Saving Lives at Sea

People seated on a beach against the sea wall. Probably Sandown or Shanklin

Derek Stephens on Seaside

Shanklin and the Spa Hotel viewed from the pier

Derek Stephens on Seaside

Shanklin and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

Derek Stephens on Seaside

Dog with a rat (puppy?) in its mouth standing between two fisherman on the beach at Shanklin

Derek Stephens on Seaside

Shanklin and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

Derek Stephens on Seaside

Boats on the beach at Shanklin

Derek Stephens on Seaside

People seated on a beach against the sea wall. Probably Sandown or Shanklin

Derek Stephens on Seaside

Shanklin beach and Esplanade viewed from the pier

Derek Stephens on Seaside

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