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The History Man - 15th May 2022

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5 minutes | Saturday, 14 May 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the Snaefell mining disaster in 1897.
5 minutes | Saturday, 7 May 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the historic Red Pier.
5 minutes | Saturday, 30 April 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at events surrounding the ownership of the Island in the 1400s.
5 minutes | Saturday, 23 April 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the old singing halls in Douglas.
5 minutes | Saturday, 16 April 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the role of town captains in the 1700s.
4 minutes | Saturday, 9 April 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the history of the Victoria Clock Tower in Foxdale.
5 minutes | Saturday, 2 April 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the work of Bishop Isaac Barrow in the 1600s.
4 minutes | Saturday, 26 March 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the history of the Tower of Refuge.
4 minutes | Saturday, 19 March 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the imprisonment of Samuel Norris in 1916.
5 minutes | Saturday, 12 March 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the invasion of Castle Rushen in 1313.
5 minutes | Saturday, 5 March 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the 1926 UK General Strike and the impact it had on the Isle of Man.
5 minutes | Saturday, 26 February 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at some buried treasure found in Douglas in the 1890s.
5 minutes | Saturday, 19 February 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the building of the Baldwin Reservoir in the early 1900s.
4 minutes | Saturday, 5 February 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the lesser known story of a banking collapse on the Island.
4 minutes | Saturday, 29 January 2022
In this archive editon, Terry looks at the life of James Woods, the man who carried out the first proper mapping of the Isle of Man, over 150 years ago.
4 minutes | Saturday, 22 January 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the great snow of 1895.
4 minutes | Saturday, 15 January 2022
In this archive edition, Terry goes back over 160 years to look at the 21st birthday of John Senhouse Goldie Taubman.
4 minutes | Saturday, 8 January 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the huge rain storm that hit the Island in 1932.
4 minutes | Saturday, 1 January 2022
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the life of the composer Haydn Wood.
4 minutes | Saturday, 18 December 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the history of the Laxey Wheel.
5 minutes | Friday, 10 December 2021
In this archive edition, Terry remembers the first woman on the Island to become an MHK
4 minutes | Friday, 3 December 2021
In this archive edition, Terry remembers "The Festival of Mann!"
4 minutes | Saturday, 27 November 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at a Steam Packet ship that ran aground on the Conister Rock in 1930.
4 minutes | Saturday, 20 November 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at plans to install a chair lift to Douglas Head in 1963.
4 minutes | Saturday, 13 November 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the role of the Steam Packet at Dunkirk in 1940.
4 minutes | Saturday, 6 November 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at only the second ever general strike to take place in the Isle of Man. Here he casts an eye over the events of 1935.
5 minutes | Saturday, 30 October 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the general strike which took place in the Isle of Man in 1918.
5 minutes | Saturday, 23 October 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the story of Samuel Parkinson Cowley, who emigrated from the Island to the USA and became an elite FBI agent.
4 minutes | Saturday, 16 October 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the visit of Charles Dickens to the Isle of Man in the 1800s.
5 minutes | Saturday, 9 October 2021
In this archive edition, Terry looks at the beginning of air travel in the Isle of Man.
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The History Man - 15th May 2022
The History Man

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