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Month: November 2026

Sandown Bay Defences

09/11/2026

Ed

We are delighted to be returning to talk about one of our popular subjects, the Sandown Bay Defences, this time…

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Just a few spaces left on our tours of this unique

Just a few spaces left on our tours of this unique battery this Saturday. This battery is hidden away in the heart of Bembridge. Tours take place at 11 and 2. Your tour includes not only the well preserved battery and gun positions, but also the Thornycroft test tank.
To book please visit our
Website www.restorecic.org.
We also have some tickets available for the 31st August tours.
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Cold war week up at the Needles New Battery Highdo

Cold war week up at the Needles New Battery Highdown site. Home to the rocket testing facility of the Black Knight and Black Arrow rockets. Discover the history of the site in our tours at 13.00 every Friday. To book and for more details please visit our website. www.restorecic.org
Working alongside @ntisleofwight
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This week is COLD WAR week!! Join us at the Needle

This week is COLD WAR week!! Join us at the Needles New Battery on Friday, where we will be giving tours of the secret Highdown rocket test site and learn how the UK had its own rockets and put a satellite into space! Alongside @ntisleofwight who will also have the New Battery site open to visit during this week. For more details and to book your tour please visit our website: www.restorecic.org
#coldwarweek #isleofwight #ColdWarHistory #highdown #RocketTesting

Yesterday, we attended the Remembrance ceremony in

Yesterday, we attended the Remembrance ceremony in Cowes to remember the ORP Blyskawica's defence of Cowes and East Cowes on the night of 4/5th May 1942 when 70 civilians tragically lost their lives. We also remember the ORP Grom which was lost off Norway on 4th May 1940 with a loss of 56 of her crew.
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