Episodes

  • OLD NEWS 23 NOVEMBER 2025 20mph limit
    Nov 23 2025

    With talk of the introduction of 20mph zones never far from the headlines of late it seems - H looks back at the papers to see if this concept is new. Spoiler alert - it isn't.

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    11 mins
  • OLD NEWS 16 NOVEMBER 2025 Aurora
    Nov 16 2025

    Did you see the aurora recently? Did you know it was news in the Manx papers over a hundred years ago?! It was of course - it's old news!

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    12 mins
  • OLD NEWS 09 NOVEMBER 2025 Tram Horses
    Nov 9 2025

    As the public decide to call a new tram horse foal "Mona", H looks back at how the "trammers" .. .as the horses are sometimes known, have featured in the papers over the years. Overworked? Or "a gentleman's life"?!

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    13 mins
  • OLD NEWS 02 NOVEMBER 2025 Fireworks
    Nov 2 2025

    As a local farmer asks for further restrictions on the use of fireworks, H looks back in the papers on how they have featured in the press over the years - both the good and the bad . . .

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    12 mins
  • OLD NEWS 26 OCTOBER 2025 Peel Power Station
    Oct 26 2025

    As works take place to repair parts of the flues in the chimney at Peel Power Station, H looks back at stories featuring the facility which have appeared in the papers over the years

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    13 mins
  • OLD NEWS 19 OCTOBER 2025 Floods!
    Oct 19 2025

    As six years are marked since the terrible floods in Laxey, H looks back at other flood stories on the Island over the years - more than you'd think including one which was particularly bitter . .

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    12 mins
  • OLD NEWS 12 OCTOBER 2025 Chough!
    Oct 12 2025

    As we hear that the Island's population of choughs seems to be in decline, H looks back at how the iconic species have fared on the Island over the years as reported in the Manx papers

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    16 mins
  • OLD NEWS 05 OCTOBER 2025 Harry Kelly's Cottage
    Oct 5 2025

    As the iconic cottage hits the news again as it's reported work is to get underway to repair its rare earth and thatch roof following storm damage, H looks back at how it hit the headlines when it was first opened to the public in 1938

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    14 mins