THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Remembering Nellie Brennan - and going to Ballaugh - but not as we know it!
The Archive Room - Programmes from the Manx Radio Archives
Thursday, 26 September 2024 - 31 minutes
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 nursing.
Then we go North to Ballaugh - where a young Laura Briggs spent 4 years as a member of the Manx Women's Land Army during the Second World War - but this isn't a straightforward tale of farm life - there's recreation, rioting, and recruiting too!
And we meet husband and wife Kenny and Connie Brew - who remember a very different Ballaugh village to the one we know today - cart tracks instead of a road between the two churches, and no less than EIGHT shops in the village - and then there's the story of Connie's brush with The Law .... !!
And listen out for a 1970's Manx Radio jingle, and a vintage advertisement too!
