If you’re interested in Island history, if you can’t resist a good story, and if you like meeting great characters, then you’ll love everything in The Archive Room! Real stories, told by the people who were there - using Manx Radio archive recordings to explore every aspect of Island life in years gone by.
Latest episodes
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29 min
Showbusiness - 30's and 40's style - more fascinating and fun stories from The Archive Room
Eva Kane, Douglas Buxton and Norah Moore share fascinating stories from the musical life of the Island from the early 1900's onwards.
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28 min
A couple of tourism trailblazers plus memories of the Derby Castle - and a Guild recordbreaker!
In this episode of The Archive Room, we tell the story of Cunningham's Camp, and of the Falcon Cliff Hotel - plus there are memories of the Derby Castle, and we celebrate 100-year-…
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29 min
Managers and film-goers recall days when Manx cinemas were full to bursting point - and did you know the myste…
Memories and stories from managers and film-goers who remember the days when Manx cinemas were numerous - and always full to capacity - and we find out what happened when the Isle…
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27 min
A life-changing song for Douglas Buxton - showbusiness at the Falcon Cliff Hotel - and a mystery voice - we're…
Douglas Buxton, Manx music legend, recalls the chance conversation which shaped his whole career; Norah Moore recalls another leading figure in the world of Manx music - her Father…
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51 min
A few more of the best bits - suspicions about Santa and stories from someone who never gives interviews!
Another chance to hear a few gems from the shelf marked 'Christmas' in the Archive Room - including an interview with Geraldine Jamieson - the Manx Radio presenter who never gave i…
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27 min
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 epi…
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31 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - more fascinating true stories from the last century - and our archive serial is reaching a…
ETHEL GALE - aged 98 - is full of stories of life down North at the turn of the last century and LAURENCE KERMODE - breaking records by being the oldest person ever to win a class…
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27 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Great stories from Stanley Karran and David & Terry go to the pictures!
Stanley Karran, born in 1910, lived his whole life in Cregneash - so his fascinating stories are packed with gems of knowledge about the area - and David Callister and Terry Cringl…
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28 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Manx Radio in 1971, 4,000 Irish Sea crossings, and our serial takes a dark turn!
David Callister talks with Cecil Mitchell, who was given an award after crossing the Irish Sea over 4,000 times on Steam Packet vessels, and Charles Kelly recalls the joys of the D…
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29 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - with an auction, a ghost, a shop - and another episode of our archive serial!
In THE ARCHIVE ROOM this week we visit an auction - all the worldly goods of Dr Alexander Cannon, and a haunted church - St Barnabas in Douglas, then go shopping in 1970's Ramsey -…
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28 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Dr Alexander Cannon - showman, or healer? And a new character emerges in Episode 3 of The L…
Dr Alexander Cannon was a Doctor who also longed to be a magician. What happened in his private clinic and in his theatre is told by people who were there. Howard Simcocks talks ab…
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35 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - where we meet Bill Dennard building an airport and Joan Speedie nursing before the NHS
Bill Dennard was a young surveyor who came to the Island at the end of the 2nd World War, to start building the 4 runways for Ronaldsway Airport, and Joan Speedie remembers her lif…
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29 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - 3 formidable former MHK's - and the first episode of our new serial!
90-year-old Kathleen Green remembers being footloose and fancy free in Dalby; Miss Jean Thornton-Duesbury reflects on life in Bishopscourt; Mrs Elspeth Quayle (MHK for Castletown f…
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53 min
THE BEST OF THE ARCHIVE ROOM - SO FAR! An end-of-year collection of funny and fascinating stories told by the…
We're ending a year in The Archive Room with another chance to hear a great collection of funny and fascinating stories of Island life in years gone by - told by the people who wer…
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31 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - an energetic salesman, a trip to the Baldwin Valley, a farewell to the Lady of Mann - and m…
In The Archive Room this week ....Louise Quirk talks with Captain Corteen in 1971 as the Lady of Mann made a farewell trip to the Calf of Man before leaving the Isle of Man for goo…
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31 min
THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Remembering Nellie Brennan - and going to Ballaugh - but not as we know it!
In The Archive Room this week, we use a vintage episode of The History Makers, and an episode of Kelly's Eye, to recall the inspiring story of Nellie Brennan - the "Mother" of Manx…
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27 min
An anniversary, an army, an advocate, and a few vintage commercials - we're turning back time in The Archive R…
The year is 1980 - the 150th anniversary of the IOM Steam Packet Company - General Manager Sydney Shimmin shares stories from past and present; Teacher Irene Shimmin gets a surpris…
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27 min
A lighthearted look behind the microphones at Manx Radio - a Governor goes ploughing - and poems that capture…
In The Archive Room this week - Dee Lewis reflects on 16 very varied years working at Manx Radio; we discover just how difficult it is to make a radio commercial, and a Governor tr…
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27 min
The great flood of '82, a Flying Flea and a Luton Minor, and Radio Isabella takes to the airwaves - we tell th…
In The Archive Room this week - Charles Guard reports on the 1982 flood - the worst the Island had ever experienced; former Lt Governor Sir Laurence New shares some Tynwald Day tho…
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27 min
Film making, family life, an airship - and a little tribute to a big man - our own John Kaneen RVB
Kathleen Morrey recalls the time her home was used as a film set - John Kelly recalls his years as a butcher in Peel - residents of Glenside are full of tales of family life - Grou…