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OLD NEWS 22 DECEMBER 2024 - Gold!

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7 minutes | Sunday, 22 December 2024
The three wise men travelled a long way to bring some to the stable - but in the 1850s many Manx men made a long journey in the hope of finding some on the other side of the world . .
11 minutes | Sunday, 15 December 2024
It's bright and cheery and omnipresent at this time of year - but that's not always been the case. H looks back to find out more . . .
15 minutes | Sunday, 24 November 2024
As Lord Street Flats go on the market for re-development, H looks back at some of their history in the papers and asks - were they beautiful?!
12 minutes | Sunday, 17 November 2024
As applications direct from members of the public open for a position on the Legislative Council, H looks back in the papers to see how the body has featured in the press over the years - and finds calls for the idea of a directly elected body go back a little further than you may think!
14 minutes | Sunday, 10 November 2024
As it's decided to pedestrianize Market Square in Castletown year round, H thumbs through the papers to see how the historic venue has appeared in the papers over the years. Trumpets at the ready . . . .
15 minutes | Sunday, 3 November 2024
With Hop Tu Naa just gone for another year, H looks back at the custom as reported by the newspapers over the decades - with or two surprises . . .
11 minutes | Sunday, 27 October 2024
As we hear that there will be less time for pupils to use school bus passes, H turns back the headlines to see how buses have fared over the years. It's all about money, as usual. Not forgetting the school trains . . .
12 minutes | Sunday, 20 October 2024
As it's suggested in the news that the Liverpool Arms, long-since closed as a public house, could possibly open its doors again, H looks back at how its history as detailed in the Manx papers - along with its two namesakes!
15 minutes | Sunday, 13 October 2024
If you thought large infrastructure works being years late was something new on the Island - think again! It's an old tradition as Ramsey Swing Bridge can attest . . .
15 minutes | Sunday, 6 October 2024
As bus services - or at least a lack of quite a few of them for staffing reasons - have been hogging the headlines again recently, H looks back to see how oft they've been news in the past -and yes! It's quite a lot!
16 minutes | Sunday, 29 September 2024
As we hear the cost of primary school meals is to go up to 15p to £2.55, H looks back to see how such meals have fared in the press over the years. The food has changed a bit - the cost has changed rather more!
17 minutes | Sunday, 22 September 2024
As we hear of problems in the recruiting and retention of police officers on the Island, H looks back in the papers to see what problems have faced the Island's police force over the years. Some of them might surprise you . . .!
18 minutes | Sunday, 15 September 2024
As we hear news that gull numbers on the Island are still in decline, H looks back at how the familiar "seagull" or herring gull has fared in the press over the decades . .
13 minutes | Sunday, 8 September 2024
After recent unrest for possible future plans for Jurby Airfield brought it back into the news stream, H looks at how the facility has fared in the news over the years since it was built at the outbreak of WW2
13 minutes | Sunday, 1 September 2024
After recent news that the island's herring quota had doubled for the next season, H looks back at fishy news from the last 100 plus years . .
8 minutes | Sunday, 25 August 2024
H looks back at news from some 220 years ago - when it seems we were already complaining about the state of the roads . .
7 minutes | Sunday, 18 August 2024
H considers the year 1854, when the Laxey Wheel first started turning and it was declared smuggling came to an end on the Island.
7 minutes | Sunday, 11 August 2024
The House of Keys are now elected of course - but that wasn't always the case as H finds out when he looks back to 1866 . .
7 minutes | Sunday, 4 August 2024
H looks back to the sinking of the St George in 1830 and the amazing rescue of its crew by among others one Sir William HIllary
7 minutes | Sunday, 28 July 2024
H casts his eye back to 1405 when a new Lord of Mann was appointed as Terry C detailed in one of his earlier broadcasts . .!
8 minutes | Sunday, 21 July 2024
As Bish Trish prepares to move to the Island, H looks back to a time when the Bishop was imprisoned by the Governor!
15 minutes | Sunday, 30 June 2024
In this week's edition, H looks at when the Bishop of Sodor and Man has featured in the Island's media.
13 minutes | Sunday, 23 June 2024
H looks at Laa Columb Killey, the annual event that takes place every June in the south of the Island.
13 minutes | Sunday, 16 June 2024
H looks back to see how "Belching Bertha" as she was once known (or at least the chimney was) - Pulrose power station has fared in the news over the years. Nuclear power in the 1960s anyone?
14 minutes | Sunday, 9 June 2024
H looks back through the papers to see how that essential to the TT - visitors - have fared in the press over the last 100 years!
19 minutes | Sunday, 2 June 2024
As the TT roars into action for another year, H looks back at the chequered history of the chairs in the event as featured in the press
16 minutes | Sunday, 26 May 2024
As questions are raised about the declared government aim to grow the Island's population to 100,000 by 2037, H looks back through the papers to see the ups and down's of resident numbers over the years. Not perhaps, as much as you'd think . .
14 minutes | Sunday, 19 May 2024
As Port Erin Commissioners re-elect their chair for a sixth year, H looks back at some Commissioners' headlines from years long gone! It's another hotbed of political activity . .
13 minutes | Friday, 10 May 2024
The Mayor of Douglas is oft in the news but what stories have there been over the years? H looks back . .
16 minutes | Friday, 3 May 2024
H looks back at some coverage of the Guild over the decades - from thousands attending the Palace to Haydn Wood conducting and adjudicators' comments being published!
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OLD NEWS 22 DECEMBER 2024 - Gold!
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