The Editor
SUMMER is here and things
are looking good for the Isle
of Wight. The countryside and
the water is just waiting to be
enjoyed. You just have to look
at our pictures from the Old
Gaffers Festival to see how well
we celebrate everything that’s
good about the Island, and
how we welcome our visitors. In
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this Issue, we meet our movers
and shakers. We welcome the
new High Sheriff, determined
to make grass roots changes,
and discover that councillors
veins don’t run with red tape.
We talk to the celebrity gardener
Chris Beardshaw, set to make
changes at Carisbrooke, and,
while we discover how one
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illustrious family has shaped our
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48 Waking the dead:
Northwood Cemetery has many stories to tell. Jan
Toms wanders through the gravestones
56 It’s a breeze
Jules and Guy Salter have a commanding lead but
the final 4,000 run could be the hardest, reports
Lizzie Ward
60 Let them eat cake:
80 Equestrian
80: Tim Stockdale
82-86 Hunt Ball pictures
87: British Horse Society
88 Health & Beauty
88: Orchard Clinic
89: Dental Diary
94: Dr Christopher Magier, Consultant
paediatrician at St Mary’s Hospital, talks to Jo
Macaulay
history, we find by delving into
Northwood cemetery archives
some fascinating stories of our
forebears there. And, talking of
moves and shakers, we meet
guitarist Dick Taylor, still rocking
after all these years.
Contact - Island Life Magazine:
66 Victoria Avenue, Shanklin,
Isle of Wight. PO37 6LY
Tel: 07976 797455
Editor: Martin Potter
Photography: Martin Potter
Philip Hoare on Royal picnics in art
62 Countryside News with
Tony Ridd
62: Go wild with your camera
66: Wildlife photographer Paul Blackley
68: Ploughing Match
71: Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
74 Gardening
74: Filling gaps in borders
76: Lawn feed
78: Chris Beardshaw about the garden he has
created at Carisbrooke Castle
99 Food News
102: Yates’ Brewery, sampled by Roz Whistance
108: What makes Tina's crab & lobster the best in
town?
110: Martin Potter meets Chutney Express’s
family man
114: Rural Dining at Farm Shop cafes
117 Business:
Our roundup of local businesses
120: Woods Trade Supplies
124: Readers Interiors
128: Take one: Wedding videos have grown up
Feature Writers:
Andrew Turner, Roz Whistance,
Tony Ridd, Philip Hoare, Sam
Biles, James Kerr, Terence Willey,
June Elford, Jan Toms, Sally
Charrett., Jo Macaulay
SALES:
Tanya Potter - 07815 286773
DISTRIBUTION:
John Bache-Duke 07856 583097
Front Page photo by:
MARTIN POTTER - Old Gaffers
Festival, Yarmouth
The Island's most loved magazine
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