We're back in The Archive Room - more stories of Island life, told by the people who were there.
The Archive Room - Programmes from the Manx Radio Archives
Thursday, 21 December 2023 - 25 minutes
Legendary entertainer Dot Tilbury reflects on her childhood and shares some precious Christmas memories - there's also stories from Dot's working life in London in the Swinging 60's, and stories from her homecoming to the Island - and discovering the joy of working with the very talented and amusing Ian Qualtrough.
There's a couple of stories from Ian Qualtrough, as he recalls an aunt, and a man who got into difficulties with a bicycle - and Mona Douglas explains to David Callister some of the customs associated with The Foolish Fortnight - on the old Manx calendar this began on 21st December and ended on the old Manx Christmas Day - 6th January.
And - was it real? Or was it just a great hoax? Did Gef, the talking mongoose really live with Jim and Margaret Irving and their daughter Voirrey in an isolated farmhouse in Dalby in the 1930's ? Kathleen Green lived in Dalby at the time, and knew the family - and she has a very definite opinion!
