Wonders of the Isle of Wight

This card gives the novelties as:

• Needles without Eyes
• Saltwater you get from Freshwater
• Ryde you can and not have to move
• Mutton you get from Cowes
• Lake without any water
  
  
  
  
  

This was probably the next card produced by Nigh, unfortunately it is undated but produced in the same style, with the 'novelties' changed to 'wonders'. It shows a copyright declaration bottom left.

 

• Needles you cannot thread
• Cowes you cannot milk
• Brook you can walk without getting your feet wet
• Newport you cannot bottle
• Freshwater you cannot drink
  
  

This card was produced by Welsh of Portsmouth and has a postmark of 1912. This card is unusual in that it includes contradictions rather than 'Wonders'. These are:

If you look closely you will notice that the names of the places are slightly changed to make the contradiction more realistic!

Other examples of Wonders of the Isle of Wight

• Cowes you cannot milk
• Freshwater you cannot drink
• Newport you cannot bottle
• Needles you cannot thread

An 'Ideal' card of around the same time showing the same 'Wonders' but described as 'Peculiarities of the Isle of Wight

A variation, 'Visitors to the Isle of Wight are not allowed to Milk Cowes, or Bottle Newport, or Drink Freshwater or thread the Needles (undated card).

Five Wonders of the Isle of Wight postmarked 1926, Brook has been replaced by Lake, but with a similar sentiment - Lake without water.

A postcard from the fifties, the five wonders have increased to six with the addition of 'Ryde - where you walk'

A more recent Nigh card, the six are now eight with the addition of 'Winkle street - where there are no Winkles and Newtown - which is very old (although the latter is sometimes replaced by 'Newchurch 900 years old).