Love Lane , Bembridge.

Out of my driveway and turn right and I walk to the bottom of the road . Just before I Carry on down the stony road to the beach there is a coastal path that leads in to Love lane..

So how did Love lane get its name?

Love Lane.

There are many beautiful houses down this lane , some have a lot of land with huge gates , some are just small dwellings but with many a tale to tell.

There is a family living in the lane named Love and their family and ancestors have lived in the house since the early 19th century.

One rumour is that in the 19th century wealthy merchants brought houses for their mistresses here in Love lane Bembridge to keep the mistresses away from their wives.

One thing to be noted is that many houses had Pineapple finials on the posts of their gates as a sign of wealth as pineapples to eat that had come from the Caribbean were very expensive . The owners of the houses often brought them back but never ate them but left them to rot by their gates as a sign of wealth . when the Pineapples died they replaced them with stone ones.

• The first ever record of the word ‘Pineapple’ dates back to 1398. … 
• A pineapple can take up to 3 years to grow and mature into a plant. … 
• Only one pineapple is produced by a single plant in a single season. … 
• A pineapple plant can stay alive and continue giving fruits for up to 50 years.

All photos on this site are my originals taken by me on the beautiful island of the Isle of Wight.

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