Manx History, Heritage & Culture Podcasts

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Manx History, Heritage & Culture:

MANX RADIO OLD NEWS:

• OLD NEWS 08 JUNE 2025 Sunny!

  It's not always the case that the sun shines on the Isle of Man - ask any TT fan - but when it is sunny does it make the news? H looks back .

 MANX RADIO'S ISLAND LIFE SERIES:

• EMPIRE OF...

  Explores the legacy of Beryl Swain, the first woman to race in the TT, and a local band’s musical tribute raising funds for the Island’s hyperbaric chamber.

THE ARCHIVE ROOM:

• THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Happy 90th birthday to No Limit - and the scary end to the serial!

  As the George Formby classic film No Limit prepares to celebrate it's 90th birthday, we hear from people involved in making - and showing - it back in 1935 - and it's the final episode of our archive serial - The Little Dark Cupboard - spoiler alert - it's scary!!

AT YOUR SERVICE:

• AT YOUR SERVICE - why does the Archbishop of York want us to watch this space? Find out here!

  The Archbishop of York has launched a movement called Faith in the North, with The Lord's Prayer at its core - he explains more about it on today's programme. Plus - Very Rev'd John Mann talks about his new book "Be Still, Be Silent" about the priest and poet David Scott - and there's an invitation to meet Kiran Wimberly and The McGraths of the Corrymeela Community who will be visiting the Island on 14th June offering two sessions of conversation and music with a strong Celtic influence. And there's our regular notice board, too.

MANX RADIO AT 60:

• Manx Radio at 60: The Last Look

  John Moss takes a final trip into the archives to relive some of the finest interviews and features we've brought you throughout our 60th anniversary year.

KELLY'S EYE: 

• KELLY'S EYE - CLARENCE TERRACE

  David and Peter look at well-known terrace from the 1840s and some new buildings there . .

ISLE OF MAN HERITAGE RAILWAYS: 

• MANX ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 130th ANNIVERSARY

  A continuation of Mike Buttell's journey through history on our Heritage Transport in a year of Anniversary Celebrations.  This week: Mike completes the journey to Ramsey, remembers a landslip that might have seen the end of the Railway and reveals a top secret service at the top of Snaefell, in this final part of our series about the Island's pioneering and much loved form of transport.

TERRY CRINGLE'S HISTORY MAN:

• The History Man - 18th December 2022

  In this archive edition, Terry looks at the history of Noble's Hospital.

THE CHARLES GUARD SERIES

• Giles Job relives childhood memories of Derby Castle

  Giles Job lived in the Derby Castle Hotel as a child in the late 1940s. At the time the building was divided into two apartments and he and his family lived in one of them.
  On a recent visit to the Isle of Man he took the opportunity to talk to Charles Guard about his memories of the living there, including anecdotes about the Derby Castle theatre, the dance hall and the underground maze of cellars and passages that he explored as a young boy.
   

 

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