A Tour of Peel: From Weatherglass Corner to the Albert Hall

A tour of Peel by Stewart Bennett, covering all of...
The men who died after drinking a pint of raw eggs
The Isle of Man's 'Taj Mahal'
A ghostly carriage on Castle Street
The Island's longest bridge
An old cinema, factory, kipper yards and police station
A visit to Gef the Dalby Spook
Characters like Johnny Ten Coats, Tip the Scales and Up or Down Howard
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This tour around Peel was filmed with Stewart Bennett on 10 May 2022.
This film was recorded by Culture Vannin in 2022.
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[@squigmcguigan8965]

So nice to hear a true Manx accent.

[@briannicholls2893]

Absolutely brilliant. Great stories and the best Manx accent I've heard in years.

[@timothykelly7974]

3rd Peel scouts used to meet at the Rechabite hall prior to the building of the new scout hut at the Tank site. Do you remember Mr Green, Scout leader and Royal Navy Commander who used to go for a swim every morning off Peel beach. He was filmed by the BBC taking a dip in the middle of winter.

[@garyrigby21]

i love the Isle of Man been all over it the only place i never got to was Jurby and the far north

[@helenshaw9689]

Both sides in my family came from Peel. Love finding their houses. My x2 great grandad lived at 14 castle street in 1881 age 5.

[@ThomasEamesbah]

This fella has been told right spot on yessa

[@Super_tramp142]

I grew up in Dumbells bank! Never did find that vault.

[@odinsraven116]

What a delight itvwas to listen to this. Does anyone Happytimes we all were blessed but didnt know it then. Does anyone know the gentlemans name?

[@culturevannin8486]

Stewart Bennett - and always a pleasure to bump into and have a chat with out and about in Peel! :)

[@timothykelly7974]

I lived on Peel promenade since 1957 and it was never called the foreshore, always the beach. Saying that, I would guess that it may have been called the foreshore prior to the construction of the promenade around the turn of the century.

[@bigg797]

Have you any idea when the Marine hotel closed as my grandad was born in the Marine hotel 1888. James Henry Delaney I have his birth certificate and I have done lots of my family tree and found out loads about peel. Also about my great grandfather who was married to Eleanor J Killey

[@Livinitup8]

The Marine Hotel is now a pub that does food, the hotel rooms above are now apartments, don't know when that happened tho.

[@culturevannin8486]

@@Livinitup8 Today's Marine is a great pub along the promenade, but in 1888 that name was on a different pub, on the corner of Crown Street and Castle Street.

[@mr.145]

I think the rachabites had a hall at the Colby levels?

[@maxbacon4828]

At 5.20 , is that Gef the mongoose frolicking across the road?, could be.

[@helenshaw9689]

My x4 great grandad William Clarke was known as William the baker. 😂 he was born 1807 died 1848. Not sure where his business was though