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	Island Line, IOW - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Island Line operate a single railway line on the Isle of Wight, running some 8½ miles from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin down the eastern side of the island.
		The line also connects to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, a steam operated heritage railway at Smallbrook Junction.
		In the mid-1990s it was planned to extend the line south to Ventnor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Island_Line,_IOW (512 words)

	Island Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Island Line, one of the six lines on the MTR metro system, Hong Kong.
		Island Line, a train operating company that runs one line on the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Island_Line (106 words)

	SESK-IOW Circumnavigation July 04
		Apart from visiting the island when my children were small and taking open top buses to the usual tourist haunts, I had never paddled there until summer 2004.
		It is believed that the island was formed as recently as 7,000 years ago when the sea levels began to rise, as the ice caps retreated.
		It is one of the few ‘unspoilt’ estuaries on the island and large numbers of seabirds nest and feed on the marshland.
	www.sesk.co.uk /iow04.html (2179 words)

	Crouch Valley Line History
		The line took about two years to build with materials shipped in to a quay at Stokes Hall, Althorne by Thames barge, and was opened along it entire length to goods traffic on the 1st June 1889 with passenger services starting one month latter.
		In March 1890 a curve linking the Wickford/Southminster line to the Wickford/Southend on Sea line was opened, the exact route of this curve is not know and was only in use for 5 years before the curve was closed on the 1st March 1895.
		A brick and tile works were sited on the island that used a tramway to convey the material to and from a quay on the river where barges provided waterborne transport.
	www.esscrp.org.uk /crouch_valley_line/history/history.php (2034 words)

	SQUAREWHEELS.org.uk - 1938 tube stock on the Island Line
		The Island Line consists of one eight-mile route near the east coast of the Isle of Wight; it is almost the sole survivor amongst the Island's former 55.5 route-mile railway network.
		The line used to continue a further four miles through difficult terrain to Wroxall and the terminus at Ventnor, but this was closed in April 1966.
		The Southern decided in light of this that the line should be electrified and the tube stock operated accordingly, thus allowing further `imports' of tube stock to occur as required.
	www.squarewheels.org.uk /rly/stock/IsleOfWight (1298 words)

	HAYLING ISLAND LIFEBOAT STATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The lifeboat took the speedboat to the pontoon at Hayling Island Sailing Club to meet the lifeboat shore crew, the Hayling Island First Responders and an ambulance where the lifeboat crew had to use a special stretcher to carefully move the casualty from the speedboat.
		The 3 adults on the yacht, in danger of being washed overboard refused to leave their vessel and be transferred to the D Class lifeboat.
		A tow line was successfully attached to the yacht and the anchor line was cut.
	www.haylinglifeboats.org.uk /launches-2004.htm (4225 words)

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		In the privatisation of the UK rail network, the system is unique in being the only vertically integrated franchise, in that it includes both the operation of the trains and the maintenance of the infrastructure in one franchise which is held by Stagecoach.
		A service of nostalgic steam trains recreating the Island railways prior to their closure in 1966 operates over a five mile section between the junction with the Island line at Smallbrook and the small village of Wootton on the former Ryde to Cowes line.
		The line does not perform a great public transport role, but is a tourist destination which is easily accessible by public transport, and which is promoted by all of the other operators with combined ticketing.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~ajk/Iow/iow4.html (383 words)

	Isle of Wight Rock and Vaguely Sunny Promotions the home of Village Bike, Vapour Trails and Keith Gore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first acts have been announced for the second major music festival to be held on the Island this year.
		Especially if your wife or your husband is off havinga massage, your kid is playing in the creche and The Bees have just taken to the stage" commented Rob who said that organisers chose the Island in part because of the scenery and were keen to involve local businesses as well as musicians.
		"The Island is an undiscovered gem that needs to be seen to be believed, the most sunshine in the British Isles, beautiful rolling landscapes and the smell of the sea with a uniquely English angle - and not even two hours from stinky old London" added Rob.
	www.iowrock.net /pages/newsreviews/getNews.asp?NewsID=189 (314 words)

	Newport the Island's Capital.
		By that time there was already a road through the town following the line of the present High Street and Quay Street, and another, now Pyle Street, went down to the ford over the river.
		This was due to England's wars with France which put the Island in the front line of defence.
		Army garrisons required supplies and existing mills were enlarged with new ones being built to cope with the demand.
	www.india-whisky.org.uk /iow/page2.html (471 words)

	IOW Site Guide
		WHD is the mostly westerly point on the Island where the chalk downland ridge running through the spine of the island meets the sea.
		The area known locally as 'Atherfield' is a flat expanse of arable farmland along the southwest coast of the Island between the Ventnor Downs massif and the chalk ridge running through the middle of the Island.
		Ravens and Peregrines are regular, whilst during the autumn/winter Merlins are attracted to the flocks of small birds in the stubble/set aside, and grey geese, owls and harriers are occasional on the arable land or in the rough ground around Atherfield Farm.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /wightvogels/map.html (3054 words)

	IoW VIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There'd been an enormous thunderstorm the night before and a tree had fallen across the line.
		Notices and announcements were to the effect that the line was "closed due to enemy action".
		On the island, and at the station, were many, perhaps wrongly called, "classic" cars.
	www.10000things.org.uk /iow8.htm (270 words)

	Newport IW FC on-line, latest news
		Alas, by now the very vocal Island faithful behind the goal, had taken over the stand and only Ken and Turtle were braving the sudden downpour to sample the goal at close hand.
		With the rampent Island Army demanding action as Burnham go through the motions of a substitution, the referee gestures his wrist watch to the fans.
		THE ISLAND side was totally outplayed as they suffered their biggest home defeat of the season.
	www.geocities.com /talk_port/justin.html (2494 words)

	The Pearsall/Purcell Family Line
		The direct line from Rollo to Thomas Pearsall is documented on my website at .
		He was one of the founders of Hempstead, Long Island and was engaged in the family tobacco trade.
		Samuel Pearsall resided in Isle of Wight County, Va., and Kent Island, Talbot County, Md. Samuel Pearsall came to Maryland in 1635 with Margaret Brent and her brothers.
	members.core.com /~sharprm/library/pearsall.htm (1239 words)

	IOW
		It echoes the poet John Keats' "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever", the first line of his poem Endymion which he wrote while staying on the island in the hope that its crisp country air would improve his health.
		This was partly because for centuries, right up until the 1600s, the island was a first port of call for pestiferous French raiders who made the islanders' lives a misery with their constant incursions.
		The Isle of Wight is a paradise for walkers, with hundreds of miles of footpaths and trails, and it's also a popular place for cyclists, while for those who want to do no more than laze and bathe it has no fewer than 23 major beaches.
	www.travelpublishing.co.uk /HiddenInnsSouth/IsleofWight/IOWMain.htm (255 words)

	Isle of Wight Nostalgia
		The island is unique; the locals have their own way of doing things just that little bit different from the mainland.
		First, I had a fair bit of original material on the Island, and second, the Island is interesting in so many ways, I felt sure there would be something for everyone.
		Ryde is one of the main gateways to the Island with a hydrofoil and hovercraft service, and three railway stations, one of which is a quarter of a mile out to sea!
	www.invectis.co.uk /iow (2393 words)

	Playbox. Shanklin IOW.
		Set on the Esplanade of one of the Islands popular sandy beaches, our Isle of Wight amusement arcade aims to give the best of games past and present.
		If you don't achieve a wining line, you have a few seconds to hold any reels, before the reels automatically spin again..
		Although you can have up to three win lines, the reel layout will only permit one win line showing at a time.
	www.coin.demon.co.uk /iow.htm (1519 words)

	Good Souls; The Starsailor Archive. Rock Island, IOW, 2002.
		The Rock Island concert on the Isle of Wight was the big curtain raising event of the 2002 return of the Isle of Wight Festival, last held on the island in 1970 when Jimi Hendrix headlined along with The Doors, The Who, Moody Blues and Joan Baez.
		The 2002 Rock Island concert was held on the Queen's Golden Jubilee Bank Holiday of Monday 3rd June and this is very much my personal story.
		We had the opportunity for a few brief words with James again after the set and we told him how much we'd enjoyed it and apologised for the stupidity of a few idiots in the crowd, but James claimed not to have noticed and was more generous about it than he needed to be.
	www.goodsouls.org.uk /rock.html (1139 words)

	Island Sailing Club
		The 2006 JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race was launched at the London Boat Show and Notices of Race have been distributed and are available on the website.
		By Easter when Cowes wakes up and many of you return to the Island to sail, the shore side scene will have changed, hopefully for the better.
		We have two new Race Partners for Round the Island Race, we are very pleased to welcome both Dean and Reddyhoff and L A Marine.
	www.islandsc.org.uk /members_news.html (2473 words)

	Some Scientifically Inaccurate Claims Concerning Cosmology and Relativity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		IOW, all the scalar invariants of the Riemann tensor vanish; see the relevant post in this collection.
		However, the signals are not in fact transmitted in along the geometric line of sight, because they are diffracted at the upper boundary of the ionosphere (at about 1000 km above the Earth's surface) and then again at the boundary between the ionosphere and the troposphere (at about 70 km above the Earth's surface).
		Instead of thinking of the C/A modulation in terms of time, it is useful to think of the SPS signal as a light ray, in fact as linear yardstick marked into 300 m intervals.
	www.math.ucr.edu /home/baez/RelWWW/wrong.html (11191 words)

	purevolume™ \| Broken Boneless (IOW)
		Ryan had been playing bass for a long time and was perfect for the job in hand, so he joined Broken Boneless and started gigging with them.
		The word of Broken Boneless spread round like wild fire and gigs popped up all over the island and the fan base grew.
		No one really knows whats install for these five youngsters but with a bunch of gigs in line and a load of new material to their name things can only be on the positive side.
	www.purevolume.com /brokenbonelessiow (178 words)

	Sittingbourne v Newport IOW
		The Islanders, fresh from their FA Trophy victory against FA Cup heroes Enfield, scored four but in all honesty they could have had a couple more.
		Any thoughts that this Brickie goal would lead to a second half revival were quickly dashed when right at the start of the half the Islanders had two good chances in succession.
		The first came when a Betteridge corner deceived Creed and he failed to punch the ball away, however the resulting shot lacked power and the ball was gratefully kicked off the Brickie's goal line.
	www.sittingbournefc.co.uk /newporthome.htm (850 words)

	Shanklin Town Brass Band \| Links \| Island Links
		A personal archive on the Island and its history.
		All the latest Island news and sports results from the Isle of Wight's own newspaper.
		All the latest Island news from the Isle of Wight's own radio station.
	www.shanklintownbrassband.org.uk /links-island.htm (129 words)

	iow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are plenty of good guidebooks to the Island, and the free ones on the ferries are among the best, so I shant go into too much detail.
		The farm is reasonably central for any part of the island, there is a footpath into Arreton, where there is a pub, and a post office/convenience store.
		Be advised that these reports remain the property of the author and should not be copied or reproduced without prior consent.
	www.eclipse.co.uk /samwise/iow.htm (1868 words)

	Green Island : Dinosaur Isle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Located on Culver Parade and designed in the shape of a giant pterodactyl, the new museum displays over 1000 of the best fossils from the Islands collections.
		An introductory exhibition gallery covers the geology and fossils of the Island in a walk back through time, taking the visitor from the Ice Age of the recent past, back to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs lived.
		There is also the Stagecoach Island Line Train service from Ryde Pierhead to Sandown, which runs every half an hour (connecting with the Fastcat from Portsmouth) taking approximately 45 minutes.
	www.greenislandtourism.org /dino.htm (256 words)

	UKIP IOW News
		The speakers were Paul Birch, Secretary of UKIP IOW and Webmaster of the IOW Council Tax Action Group (replacing Ron Ellison, CTAG Chairman, who was indisposed), David Lott, Isle of Wight and National Chairman of the UK Independence Party, and Roger Knapman, Leader of the UK Independence Party.
		UKIP IOW has just bought a second-hand caravan, with an awning, and plans to decorate it in UKIP colours, with suitable slogans and logos.
		Cllr Buckle is in favour of the IW code and is supported by David Lott, national and Island chairman of the UK Independence Party.
	www.ukipiow.org.uk /news.html (1088 words)

	iow
		Whilst this is unlikely to be currently financially viable, it may be necessary to consider proposals like this much more seriously in the future if there is to be major increases in the number of visitors as some would like.
		The alternative will be to improve the roads, which might well defeat the object to retain the rural nature of the area.
		The privatisation of the rail line from Ryde to Shanklin initially gave rise to concerns that a private operator will only operate a minimal service, and sever the connection at Smallbrook to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~ajk/Iow/iow9.html (232 words)

	The official Isle of Wight website with local news info, tourism
		Find out what you can apply for, pay for, report or enquire about in our online services section.
		Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion.
		A new area with links and information on Island based and related charities is now available.
	www.iwight.com (147 words)

	Extremists IOW MTB Club
		By Thursday I have realised that the west end of the island is more chalky, better draining and less muddy so I set out for a longer ride to the Needles.
		Cattle have reduced it to a quagmire and the wheels sink up to the hubs in places, my feet are dragging in the mud and the water running into the tyre ruts rapidly overtakes me and hides the driest line.
		In a way it's a pity that we visited in the wettest spring for years but I certainly had a few memorable rides while on the island though not all entirely enjoyable.
	www.extremists.co.uk /wetweek.html (997 words)

	Minivan Mom… » Blog Archive » Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The novel itself is focused on the redemption of the main character, Will Farnaby, and the eventual destruction of the secondary character, the island of Pala.
		Through out the story, Huxley has the ever present threat of the Rendeng government’s inevitable invasion, looming in the background…the invasion that Farnaby is supposed to help with.
		Out of 5 stars (5 being best), I will give this book 2, because it is akin to reading Bertrand Russell (IOW five pages has me spacing out and subsequently rereading the same five pages half an hour later) and it is heavy on philosophy but light on plot/story line.
	minivanmom74.samsproductions.com /?p=401 (767 words)

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