Celebrating 100 Years of the Manx Museum through audio from the past.
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In this final podcast in the series, MNH Curators, Katie King, Laura McCoy and Allison Fox, talk to Howard Caine about the M100 podcasts which have been running throughout the year, what they had chosen to feature and the work of MNH and its collectionsOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Library and Archives Assistant at MNH, Kim Holden, looks at a poster for the Hengler's Cirque Variete poster from the 1870sOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Archivist within the library and archive teams at MNH, Wendy Thirkettle, gives us the story behind a picture depicting the wreck of the herring fleet.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Assistant Curator at MNH, Anna Murphy, talks about a watercolour painting of the House of Industry in Douglas and the story behind house.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Assistant Curator at MHH, Hannah Murphy digs into the story of the Manx spade . .Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, with the history of the White Tailed Eagle on the Isle of ManOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the Island's native sheep - the Loaghtan.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the fall and hoped for rise of what used to be one of the Island's most abundant farmland birds.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Natural History at MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about one of the most iconic objects in the collection - the Giant Deer skeleton.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Natural History for MNH, Laura McCoy, tells us about the largest in the collection .. .the skeleton of a Sei whale.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Library and Archives Assistant at MNH, Sarah Christian, looks at the photographs of GB Cowin - and tries to work out why she hates them so much!Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Library and Archives Assistant at MNH, Sarah Christian, tells us about a beautiful plan from 1799 used in a land dispute involving the Kentraugh Estate.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Digital Collections Assistant with MNH, Katie Clugston, gives us the story of the life and films of Joseph RoystonOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Digital Collections Assistant with MNH, Katie Clugstone, describes some of the more personal affects which were salvaged from the wreck of HMS Racehorse which sank over 200 years ago off the coast of LangnessOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Collections Information Manager for MNH, Jude Dicken, gives us a taste of the MNH Sound Archives with a recording of a herring fisherman recalling his work on the boats in the early 1900sOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Library and Archives Conservator at MNH, Emma Le Cornu, describes an ink and watercolour wash drawing done by Phillip Moore Callow-Kermode - and the work needed for it to go on display. A little spit and polish really can do wonders . . . !Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Emma Le Cornu, the Library and Archives Conservator at MHH tells us about a large 1940s poster advertising the Isle of Man and the work she has had to carry out to conserve it.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH. Alison Fox talks tells us the story of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and a recently discovered artefact which may be associated with himOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Alison Fox, Curator of Archaeology at MNH talks about the stories behind old suggane stones once used to tie down thatched roofs on many buildingsOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, discusses the significance of one of the smallest artefacts in the National collection - a small broken piece of baked clayOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, looks at a brass lamp cover with the story of the the sinking of the SS Romeo - sunk in the Irish Sea . .Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, tells us about an incredible Bronze Age treasure, discovered in a grave found just outside Kirk Michael . .. .Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, considers the importance of the Island's crosses and the legacy of preservation work done a hundred years ago . .Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MHK, Alison Fox, describes an enormous slab of carved red sandstone believed to be the coffin lid of possibly one of the great Norse kings . ..Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History, Katie King, discusses a reel to reel paper recorder which was once used by the Folk Life Survey recorders - and contrary to popular belief, not still used by Manx RadioOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, tells the story behind some relics relating to one of the Isle of Man's most curious characters; Arthur Caley, the Manx Giant.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, with a record player which once belonged to Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees - the most famous musical stars yet produced by the IOMOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, looks at a couple of exhibits from the long-gone amusement centre which once sat on Onchan Head - White City.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, describes an unusual decorative cabinet known as a Spar Box.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MHH, Katie King, tells us about a grand dolls house made in the Knockaloe Internee camp during the first war.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator or Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, discusses a work by well known Manx artist Bryan Kneale - UgoOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, finds out more about the woman behind a nineteenth century portrait - Margaret QuayleOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, tells us about a fireplace designed by the famous architect, Hugh Baillie Scott.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Kate King, discusses "rapid response" collecting for the museum, looking at a dress worn by the drag queen Vida La Fierce at the Island's first ever Isle of Pride FestivalOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, tells us about an epic 1851 painting by English painter John Martin - and why it's in the Manx national collection.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Art and Social History at MNH, Katie King, describes one of her favourite objects in the national collection - a wooden horse from the Silverdale water-powered carousel.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Archivist at the Manx Museum in Douglas Wendy Thirkettle. discovers some printed regulations from a Tromode flax spinning and sailcloth manufacturer of 1850Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Archivist at the Museum Library in Douglas, Wendy Thirkettle, looks at some architectural plans for a planned museum for Douglas from the early 20th centuryOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Libraries and Archive Assistant at MNH, Sarah Christian, describes a photograph of old Peel - one of her favourite photographs in the collection.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Library and Archives assistant at MNH, Sarah Christian, chats about a digital scan of a photograph sent to the museum from the antipodesOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Library and Archive Assistant at MNH, Kim Holden, looks at a tourist map of the Isle of Man and Street map of Douglas from 1899.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Library and Archive Assistant at MNH, Kim Holden, talks about the plans for Hutchinson Square Internment Camp.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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MNH Librarian Suzi Heslan looks into the Almanac of the 1910 Ramsey Courier Almanac to remember the Ellan Vannin tragedyOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, with the story of what may be the Island's oldest candle!Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, tells us about a distinctive type of pot made on the Isle of Man in prehistoric times.Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MHJ, Alison Fox, considers why white pebbles are found so often at burial sites on the Island . . .Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MHH, Alison Fox, tells us how are ancestors may not have been as grubby as they are oft portrayed . .Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, talks about a simple game discovered among artefacts on the high slopes in the 1950sOleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, discusses a 6,000 year old polished stone axe head, found in what is now Willaston - but made from stone quarried in the Italian Alps!Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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Curator of Archaeology at MNH, Alison Fox, tells us the story behind some old faded and broken crockery from a grand sailing ship which foundered off the Island's coast in 1834Oleh Radio Manx Ltd
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