Isle of Wight · The Solent · Heritage

Untold stories, recorded before they’re lost

Discover More is a community interest company. We find the people behind the history of the Isle of Wight and the Solent, record what they remember, and save the photographs that might otherwise be lost.

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Black-and-white photograph, mounted in an album, of rows of workers at assembly benches under strip lights in the Ronson factory, seen from above.
Assembly lines at the Ronson factory, Newport. From Flame Keepers. Photo © Stanley Whittington

What we do

Most local history was never written down. We go and ask.

Record the voices

We sit down with the people who were there and record their memories as oral history interviews, with audio, transcripts and portraits.

Save the collections

We archive photograph collections that might otherwise be lost, and make them free for anyone to see.

Share what we find

Through websites, exhibitions, public artworks and resources for schools, so the stories go back to the communities they came from.

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Our work has been supported by

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund
  • Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation
  • Creative Island

Got a story, or a box of old photographs?

We’d love to hear about the places, workplaces and people the Island shouldn’t forget.

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