31 minutes | Sunday, 6 October 2024
In The Archive Room this week ....Louise Quirk talks with Captain Corteen in 1971 as the Lady of Mann made a farewell trip to the Calf of Man before leaving the Isle of Man for good.Historian Peter Kelly talks to David Callister about the very early days of the Gaiety Theatre - and we get a first taste of electronic music from the Sulby Phantom Band!And it's not just the interviews that are vintage - listen out for some vintage advertisements too!Leslie Bannan was an energetic young salesman between the two Wars, keen to get his drapery business off the ground - and he paints a vivid picture of rural life, and selling textiles to the farming community, in conversation with John KennaughAnd Tom Cowell is in his beloved Baldwin Valley - taking a walk round the village and chatting with Charles Webster.