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THE ARCHIVE ROOM - 25 MAY 2023

X The Archive Room

Sunday, 28 May 2023 - 25 minutes

Another trip down memory lane, using material from the Manx Radio archives.  
As well as being a prominent figure in Island life, Donald Gelling is also a great storyteller, and in conversation with David Callister he looks back over his childhood - he was born in 1938 - his schooldays and getting his first job.  
And transport expert Robert Hendry joins in, with useful information about moving your goods around by train - a popular activity in the heyday of the Island's railways. 
A pig is definitely not hand luggage - and you can't send your barrel organ to town, unaccompanied !

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