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Views from the past on the Isle of Man news stories of the day with Howard Caine

Old News Radio Manx Ltd

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Views from the past on the Isle of Man news stories of the day with Howard Caine

    The Guild!

    The Guild!

    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!

    • 15 min
    Taxis

    Taxis

    Taxis have been back in the news again after recent controversial price hikes - and it seems arguments over various aspects of the taxi industry have never been that far from the papers over the years!

    • 12 min
    Port St Mary Commissioners

    Port St Mary Commissioners

    There's just been a by-election there - but has this hotbed of political fireworks been much in the papers over the years? Of course it has . ..

    • 15 min
    Rain

    Rain

    As the Island sploshes its way through the joys of a sodden spring, H looks back at the papers to see if rain has always been something which has depressed us on the Island. What do you think the answer could be . . .?

    • 14 min
    Potatoes

    Potatoes

    As a local grower announces they are to stop producing local potatoes, H looks back at how the humble spud has fared in the news over the years . .

    • 11 min
    Easter

    Easter

    H delves back into the papers to see how Easter has been reported over the years. And why did a "Special Correspondent" call it absurd in the IOM Times of 1939?

    • 12 min

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