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Holiday Isle: A history of tourism in the Isle of Man
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2024
- A video exploration of the history of tourism in the Isle of Man.
From the pioneers to the booming heyday that held up the Manx economy for nearly a century, through to today's remnants that are in places merely ruins of days gone by.
This film was created by Culture Vannin for educational purposes in 2004.
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My Nan is 100 and she was born in Douglas and left the Island in her early 20s. Shes been back every year until she was 96!
At the no she is absolutely glued to your video, she might even be in it!
I've watched this video so many times. Great to use with my students at school Thank you.
My mum worked in Howstrake holiday camp in the late 40s. She said it was a very happy time in her life. I went camping in the 70s with Girl Guides to Ramsey. White City was still there then and we visited the amusements there. IIRC there were boats you could hire on a pond there. Douglas was packed with holiday makers then. I have since been back to the Isle of Man a few times for short breaks with my husband. It’s still beautiful from views of the Calf of Man on the southern tip to the Point of Ayer lighthouse on the northern tip. Port Erin is still so quaint and like a lovely seaside town from the 50s. I love it and there’s a beautiful walk from Port Erin to Bradda Head. For such a small island, there is so much to see. It’s beautiful.
So many magical memories as a kid holidaying in the IOM. Getting on in years now, but one day I'll make my way there again. Once you fall in love with that place, it's there for life...Holidayed there on school trips as well as with my folks. Going way back to the '60s, my dad looked after the newspaper advertising for the TT...lucky enough to see quite a few races over the years. Many a Saturday night we would load the Islands Sunday newspapers onto the steamers in Liverpool. So many other towns around its coast.. it's a stunning place..
This made me long for a past I'll never have. The world was so beautiful then
that is so true. it makes me long for an idealized version of the early 20th century. ah well, at least we can dream.
Thanks for the memories .Spent many a happy holiday in the 60s 70.s holidays that you’ll always remember.
I holidayed in Douglas during three separate summers in the 1970s and then I visited on a school day-trip during the early 80s. I have so many precious memories of The Isle Of Man . God bless her and the Manx people !
Thank you for this magical look back at some of the happiest times of my life.
My dad, as a young man in his teens used to spend his holidays at Cunningham's camp with his cricketing mates in the 1930's and later after the war, he holidayed in Douglas with his sweetheart, indeed, I was conceived on one such holiday there!
As a family, we visited "Royal Ramsey" every year for the two weeks annual holiday from me being three years old in 1950 until I was twenty one in 1968 .
I remember going on Coach outings with "Ramsicabs" and "Crennel's", to Douglas for the highlight of our holiday, to see the Variety Show at the Palace Theatre and immediately after the show finished, we had to run like mad up the steps to the ballroom where I was given a bag of crisps and a Downwards Lemonade to enjoy whilst watching my Mum and Dad dancing.
Such happy times, I was so sad to see that the old place has been demolished.
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
I have loved The Island since 1964 when I first visited on a day excursion to the TT Races.I can still recall the steamer approaching Douglas Bay in the very early morning.Everyone just came out on deck and stared silently at the beauty of The Island as it approached.Nobody spoke ....it was almost magical.And the wake of the ship churned up by the twin screws was the whitest of white,sadly it is not so pure white these days.I have been back on many occasions ,but not since 2008.I really enjoyed this video but it has left me a little sad as I may never be able to return.I always used to go up on Douglas Head to say goodbye to The Island just before getting back on the boat.And seeing the mountains disappear into the distance as the boat sailed away was heartbreaking!
The style of holiday may have changed but the IoM still has much to offer the visitor, particularly if you are into steam railways, trams and unspoilt countryside and coastline. Man has a Celtic culture and language all its own.
My first visit 15 years ago was a package deal that included breakfast and an evening meal in a Douglas hotel off the Promenade. We had to be back at 6pm for a cooked meal every night, it was very old fashioned!
Terrific nostalgia.
As a two time visitor to the island, this is a fascinating look into the history of an island I love so very much.
Excellent video! I loved the refused postcards. Shocking!
Thank ju so so much for this documentery. One of my dreams is to travel to the Isle of man.
Loved the isle of man in 50s and 60s with grandparents and parents then went with my mates in 70s .used to go from Liverpool with the I o m steam packet company.thank you for a very interesting video
Lived there in the early 60s as a kid the best years of my life..Terry Hessey.
Very interesting archive footage of the IOM. I was particularly interested in the clip of Cunninghams Holiday Camp, where my father visited with his chums in the early 1920s, long before I was born. I am in my seventies now and have never visited, but have booked a weeks holiday for myself and my wife in September 2018. We are taking our car on the ferry from Liverpool, so we can see everything the island has to offer, it's somewhere my wife and I have always intended to visit, before we are too old to enjoy it. Even today it may not attract the crowds like it did a hundred years ago, but it still has a lot to offer with its nostalgic forms of transport and its a beautiful scenery. Besides, we much prefer the peace and quiet it is today, rather than the hustle and bustle it was in the past. Great film and interesting commentary.
I had only just come across this video and it brought back many memories of my trips to the Isle of Man in the 1950’s. My family used have a fortnight’s holiday in the Isle of Man throughout the 50’s, staying with my grandmother who lived in Allan Street.
I vaguely remember going up the chair lift at Cunningham’s Camp. I must have been about 5 years old at the time so it must have been around 1950/51. I sort of remember the seats were green and that it made a horrible clattering noise. What I do remember, more vividly, was being weighed at Douglas Head by the man who guess your weight and going up to the top on the Funicular Railway. We then used to go around the camera obscura.
On Sunday’s I was taken to the Douglas Head entertainments and listening to, my opinion, old fashion songs. I used to get bored and if I could get away would walk around Douglas Head. What I also remember from those Douglas Head stage acts was back in those days men used to black-up and played banjo’s, playing American tunes. It something that was quite common back then in the Isle of Man. They used have those acts at Port Soderick Hotel as well.
Hey fella you're the best. Really enjoyable video, having visited as a child, lovely to see it again and with the history thrown in = well worth anyone's time. Thank you
BRAVO GREAT JOB, REALLY ENJOYED THE VIDEO.
Wonderful place. I’m going back in 2020 with my wife working for the NHS. I’m a gas fitter can’t wait 😊
This is home.
I first travelled to IOM when I was 6 with my parents..I now come over every year with my daughter and grand daughters..they are hooked too! My grandad was Manx, so our love for the island is genetic I think. To me it's the best place in the world. Love it and the people xx
Re-watching this video I would like to add a comment about Cunningham Camp. My father was staying there in about 1932 and it was where he met my mother at a camp dance. My mother used to tell me that the lads at the camp were known as the “Jam Boys”. The local girls would asked what the lads had for breakfast and the lads would shout “Jam” and then the girls would ask what the lads had for lunch, dinner and supper receiving the same reply. My mother also said, that most of the boys wore “Straw Cadies” which puzzled me for a bit. Looking this up on the internet, “Straw Cady”, apparently, was a northern word for a straw boater.
great stuff
Excellent video, great mix of history with current-day.
Interesting video. It's been left behind somewhat but it's hard to shake the feel that society has overreached itself, and in the not too distant future places like this may be popular again.
Wonder film about a wonderful place. First trip there from the states for the 2017 TT. I am sure if this island was promoted in the states there would be plenty of interest.
Gonna miss my regular visit this year, especially seeing the Mann Cat Sanctuary. Here's hoping there will be some semblance of normality by 2021.😿
I am surprised there was no mention of the SummerLand disaster in 1973 which occurred two years after it was built. Seems relevant, was curious to learn more about the incident and it's affect on tourism.
I was a disco operator at the time of the disaster. I had 3 shows going on at the time and due to an overbooking I was unable to cover that night at Summerland. It was a real heart tearing event which I remember only too well
A week later my wife and our little blonde daughter were in Strand street shopping when a lady came up grabbed my daughter and said "I knew you survived, Ive been looking for you" It took, with the help of a policeman, an hour or so to calm this lady. A tragic loss we felt the pain of that lady for years.
We had a small hotel at the time, and quite a few of our guests left the next morning. It shook Douglas, and I suppose the rest of the Island for years. Now at 80 years I still remember the tragedy only too well.
me too i went to the remains of is yesterday
Thank you, very well done to all involved, I enjoyed that immensely, informative and enjoyable, I will recommend it to all I know. Thanks again.
Fantastic job really enjoyed...........
A very entertaining and interesting video. I also enjoyed the presenter. Very pleasant to listen to.
great vid. i love the isle of man.
Had the pleasure of visiting there in July. Wish I had seen this video before I went in order to get a better appreciation of the history. Good video.
My Grandad who was born in 1899 holidayed on the Isle of Man as a child with his brothers and parents. They lived in the Midlands, but because my Great Grandfather worked for the railway and was so entitled to free travel by train. Also, as the railway ran the steamers that ran from the mainland to the Isle then the steamer was free too. They only then had accommodation and food to pay for.
Great video. Well done!
Brings back the days visiting relatives in the Isle. Most memorable was Summerland that sadly burned down about a month after we got back home in Canada. Seeing all the ol' attractions before they were torn down brings back memories.
A most interesting documentary. I seriously aspire to visit, yet visiting from Texas is a serious venture. At retirement age, I am looking into multiple visits. Or, an extended visit, with and without the TT race.
Marvelous video very enjoyable and interesting
Great documentary, thank you
Excellent video great watch many thanks
Very interesting documentary! Hope to visit the Isle someday!
Excellent thank you:)
Brilliant
remember the milns hotel in the 70's and 80's john.j.bell a douglas business man had it. used to do part time work there. and it had a lovely old gated lift. and bell call button for boots boy. lovely place.
Fabulous video. Learnt quite alot ....🥰
Those were the days. :=}
I know a lot of people from Ireland used to go to the IOM also, it wasn't only the British Isles where the IOM was popular there was an international element also. I was there 2 yrs ago. It was freezing in the middle of July with hardly anyone there I didn't understand the how it was ever so popular but my parents and grandparents generation completely rave about the place
Nice documentary, i went there for the first time in 2013, during the TT, i was sitting on a bus next to a rich american and a young man came on board, an English young man wearing a leather jacket. He looked like a biker. The rich American who was also on the bus wanted to chat with him about the race. And the young man said displeased, Oh yeah you with your very expensive photo camera, where were you all this winter when it was freezing and creaking, When we had to go and rescue all the sheep from the snow. I understood what he said, (you could see the pictures of the many dead sheep in the snow in some shop windows). apart from the activity of the TT. I visited the island and it stole my heart.
Belgium greetings
Alex
Never judge people's wealth by the cameras they carry. They just might be gifts given to them by their large numbers of friends they have. If the English young man was trying to impress anyone, he made a poor job of it. A real Manx person would have been much more friendly to the woman rather than talking to her in such an abrupt manner.
Very interesting - I knew all but nothing about this island, so found this really enlightening - just wonder if the kids of now wouldn't be as happy as the kids of 50+ years ago messing about in boats and the sand. People did look as if they were really enjoying themselves.
I still go Isle of Man love place be sins 2002 on day trip from Llandudno pier now fly from Manchester stay Douglas ever year like place with lot history hope Douglas prom on construction at mo look better when finish
We went with the schoo for a week in 1982..were would we have stayed? Any ideas🖒
My grandad is at 1min 5 sec in his uniform
1:05
How did the Manx cat
lose his tail?
Idk
in the 1980s I went on a sequence dancing holiday got ourselves a third prize, much grumbling that the winners were professional me just pleased that we could dance
You never showed the new complex and dinner Theaters that are so popular now.
Actually 40 years ago the beaches were full 🥰
hello history gcse
Excellent collection of views ofthe Island..would have been better if there were more views and less of the presenter. A voice over would have made this a classic..
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