Pictures of our iconic buses, cars from bygone eras and other forms of transport have been much-commented on by members of the We Grew Up on the Isle of Wight Facebook group.
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Lee Beck's picture of red buses at Newport Bus Station (main image above) sparked a lot of comments about the colour of Southern Vectis buses through the ages.
There were also fond memories of the cafe at the bus station — Gemma Read said: "I remember the cafe and having beans on toast with a cuppa tea.. lush!"
Who remembers Newport Bus Station like this? Picture: Adam Thompson.
Tony Vanderbaan credits a bus station visit as the catalyst for his painting career. He said: "I discovered my first lime milkshake in the bus station cafe — I had one recently in a milkbar on the south coast of New South Wales which brought back some great memories.
"Who remembers the little art shop at the far end? Mum bought me a watercolour set from there when I must have been 13 — still have the little metal box the paints came in. This led me to painting, I have a diploma in Commercial Art and still paint to this day."
Gwynn White posted a picture of her brother, Graham, with his life-long friend John McConkey with a car and John Matthews remembered being at Sandown Grammar School with Graham and John between approximately 1954 and 1961.
John Cole had a lovely picture of one of the previous floating bridges, which people remembered sometimes got stranded because of the falling tide.
This floating bridge got stuck at low tide. Picture: John Cole.
Julian Russell added a lovely picture of a Vauxhall Cresta driving through water near The Crab Inn's car park in Shanklin Old Village. He said: "This was the great flood of 1960, with water rushing down to join the Chine. A lovely almost-new Vauxhall Cresta, and they didn't like water very much! This car survives to this day, and can be seen at car shows."
The way cars used to be - a Vauxhall Cresta in Shanklin in 1960. Picture: Julian Russell.
The colourful Dotto trains were also remembered and they used to operate on Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin esplanades.
Have you got lovely memories of your time on the Isle of Wight? Click here to visit the We Grew Up on the Isle of Wight Facebook group and join in the fun.
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