Episodes

  • OLD NEWS 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 Gaiety Theatre
    Sep 21 2025

    As a special mural is unveiled to celebrate 125 years of the Gaiety Theatre, H looks back at reporting on its opening and how some of its early entertainment was reported!

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    11 mins
  • OLD NEWS 14 SEPTEMBER 2025 MANX SHEARWATERS
    Sep 14 2025

    As we hear the good news that Manx Shearwater numbers on the Calf of Man are bouncing back, H finds out how the iconic seabird has featured in the papers over the decades - and how it once featured on the Manx Christmas table . .!

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    14 mins
  • OLD NEWS 07 SEPTEMBER 2025 Ice Cream
    Sep 7 2025

    As an MHK says he wants to see local Ice Cream remain on the menu for primary school dinners, H looks at how Ice Cream has featured in the papers over the years. . .

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    10 mins
  • OLD NEWS 31 AUGUST 2025 School Meals
    Aug 31 2025

    As primary school meals on the Island are made healthier, H looks back at how the provision of school meals has featured over the years in the papers . .

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    14 mins
  • OLD NEWS 24 AUGUST 2025 MGP
    Aug 24 2025

    From a cancellation before WW2 to selling the event in the UK, the MGP has never been far from the news . .

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    13 mins
  • OLD NEWS 17 AUGUST 2025 Knockaloe
    Aug 17 2025

    A planned breakout from the internment camp in 1917 - partly foiled by artist Archibald Knox . .!

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    8 mins
  • OLD NEWS 10 AUGUST 2025 1921!
    Aug 10 2025

    In the last of the holiday mini-series of Old News, H looks back to happenings in 1921 . . including a drop in population and licensing issues

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    8 mins
  • OLD NEWS 03 AUGUST 2025 . . . 1911
    Aug 3 2025

    H looks back at some news from 1911 . . a year which saw the first aeroplane to be seen on the Island . . taking off from Nobles Park . . . and strikes on the horse trams!

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    9 mins