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1 – STORM FORCE: High
winds batter Castletown
promenade as storms and
gales hit the Island in
January. With winds of
112mph recorded on the
Mountain Road, offices
and schools shut. The
MER was damaged as
trees were brought down
onto tracks. Neal Dillion,
of Patrick, escaped injury
when a tree came crashing
down onto his cottage
(JM050111-11)
Year in Pictures JANUARY
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2 – COP THAT: Constable
Kevin Quirk emerges from
the sea soaking after
taking part in the New
Year’s Day dip at Laxey.
Dippers all over the Island
took the plunge for charity,
Castletown’s event, staged
by the Ale Drinkers,
celebrating 40 years
(MP050101-10)
3 – HEART AND SOLE:
There was bleak news for
the 120-strong workforce
at Ronaldsway Shoe
Company with the
revelation it was to close,
no longer able to compete
with cheap imports from
China. Boss Jack Yardley
accused the government of
being ‘in cloud cuckoo
land’ over manufacturing
(JM050126-32)
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4 – PINK PLAYERS:
Michael FC become
Michelle FC as the Isle of
Man is turned into the Isle
of Woman for a day in a
stunt by chocolate bar
makers Yorkie –
traditionally ‘not for girls’
– to mark the sale of a
special pink bar
(MP050118-16)
5 – RAISING BRASS:
Thomas Mansell, 12, of
Onchan, and Lauren
Latham, 15, of Douglas,
tune up for a fund-raising
concert at the Villa Marina
in aid of the tsunami
appeal. The event,
featuring the Manx Youth
Band, Manx Concert Brass
and the Meteors, raised
£10,700 (MP050108-43)
6 – FAIRWAY TO GO:
Four golfing friends –
from left, businessmen
David Dean, Brian Kelly,
Basil Bielich and Adrian
Cleevely – tee off in their
world-record breaking trip
around the world. They
played six rounds in six
continents in as many
days, a course in
Singapore being opened
specially for them, raising
cash for the
Commonwealth Games
team’s training
(JM05011435)
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Year in Pictures JANUARY
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1 – FIREFIGHTERS’
TRIBUTE: Fireman of 20
years Jack Cowley’s coffin
is borne to Douglas
crematorium on a fire
appliance in January after
the wartime airman’s death
aged 92. A guard of
honour and a colours party
march in front of the
vehicle. Deputy fire chief
Bruce Kirkham said: ‘He
epitomised all that is great
about the fire service’
(JM050107-76)
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2 – FAMILY VALUES:
Simon Fletcher, 40, of
Douglas, and Jane Corkill,
34, of Glen Vine, get set to
play Captain Geog and
governess Maria von Trapp
in Douglas Choral Union’s
production of The Sound
of Music at the Gaiety
Theatre, Douglas. They are
pictured with the children
Maria is charged with
looking after, played by
Elisha Gilbertson, Susan
Tummon, Keira
Woodward, Callum Taylor,
Emily Biggart, Christopher
Lodge and Natalie Carter
(MP050123-10)
3 – CRUMBS: Sweetnatured staff at Nedcor
Wealth Management in
Douglas – from left
Debbie Storrie, Debbie
Sims, Liz Hundleby and
Nicky Yates – stage a cake
sale to raise cash for the
tsunami appeal. Bosses
Andrew Lodge and
Graeme McCallion had
their legs waxed too,
events that raised £1,000
(JM050110-6)
4 – POUNDING IT OUT:
Nigel Dodson, landlord of
the Liverpool Arms in
Onchan, counts cash
donated by customers for
the Macmillan Coins
Challenge. The charity
challenged the public of
the Island to collect a
million coins by the end of
the year to fund new
Macmillan posts
(JM050107-63)
5 – VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE: Port Erin
pensioner Roy Gough
campaigns for the return of
the weekday Mannin Line,
the phone-in on Manx
Radio dubbed the Moanin’
Line by many. But despite
a petition and a Tynwald
debate, the station’s
management refused to
cave in and only the
Sunday version remains
(MP0412-08-5)
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1 – MONITORING
MOVEMENT: Fire and
Rescue Service station
officer Geoff Quayle uses
a hand-held thermal
imaging camera to observe
John Bridson, 43, who
climbed onto the roof of
Government Offices this
month to draw attention to
parental issues. His
demonstration ended
peacefully after three hours
(JM050207-94)
Year in Pictures FEBRUARY
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2 – CLERGY
CONGREGATE: Leading
churchmen process into St
George’s Church, Douglas,
for the funeral of Canon
Dennis Baggaley, who died
in February aged 73. The
former Onchan vicar and
House of Keys chaplain
was ‘not afraid of being
controversial’, his funeral
heard. The Reverend Roger
Harper said: ‘The Island
has lost one of its great
and eccentric characters’
(MW050210-57)
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3 – EARLY RISERS:
Members of Jurby School’s
breakfast club start the day
with a hearty meal in a
scheme run by head
teacher Carol Beck, who
saw concentration levels
slip in youngsters who
hadn’t eaten. Four to 11year-olds pay 35p for juice
and cereals from 8am, the
Isle of Man Examiner
reported in February
(JM050202-13)
4 – POINTING THE WAY:
International Business
School lecturer Tom
Jeyendran and marketing
administrator Michelle
Robson set off for Sri
Lanka to assist children
affected by the Boxing
Day tsunami. Working
with the Optima
Foundation, which runs
orphanages, they helped
assess the effect of the
trauma on the youngsters
(MP050210-24)
5 – OFF THE HOOK:
Robert Cowley stars as
Captain Hook in Port St
Mary cabaret party’s
production of Peter Pan.
The group said it aimed to
provide some fun for a
village left reeling by a
rates crisis and factory job
losses. Cash left over from
hiring Scoill Phurt le
Moirrey went to Great
Ormond Street Children's
Hospital (MP050217-14)
6 – NORMAN
CONQUEST: The Island
celebrated as funnyman Sir
Norman Wisdom reached
90 this month. Sprightly as
ever and sporting an ‘I am
90’ badge, he led a
singsong as he received an
engraved plaque from the
government at Government
House. A concert was held
in his honour at the Villa
Marina (JM050204-92)
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Year in Pictures FEBRUARY
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1 – FULL STEAM
AHEAD: Isle of Man
Railways takes one of its
trains out of winter storage
in February for a photocall
for King William’s College
students’ production of E.
Nesbit’s children’s classic
The Railway Children.
From left, Alex Hale,
Rachel Hall, Rebecca
Corkill and John Faulds.
Inset: Toby Higgins is
Perks the stationmaster
(JM050201-12/16)
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2 – WOULD EWE
BELIEVE IT? Helen
Beever and her 20-monthold daughter Emily are
surprised to see a new-born
lamb in a shop window.
The sight had people
flocking to Ian Hodgson
Opticians in Victoria Street,
Douglas. Receptionist
Sandra Wilson took the
lamb to work after its
mother rejected it. The
lamb, born on February 14,
was named Valentine. Said
Sandra: We are going to
keep him. There’s no way
he’s going to end up on a
dinner plate’ (JM05021812/28)
3 – VILLA THRILLER:
Scott Beecroft, bass player
with Jacoba, jumps to the
challenge of raising cash
for the tsunami appeal at
the Manx Band Aid
Disasters Emergency
Committee benefit concert
at the Villa Marina. Five
bands and an audience of
500 raised £5,000
(MW050218-27)
4 – SNOUT AND ABOUT:
Helen Holder, manager of
the Oxfam shop in Castle
Street, Douglas, takes
delivery of 3,000 red noses
as Comic Relief – with its
Red Nose Day – is
launched this month. The
televised appeal raises cash
for British and African
causes (MP050127-3)
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5 – FLIPPIN’ ‘ECK: Alfie
Crowe demonstrates flour
power in Maughold Social
Club's traditional pancake
race. Other Shrove Tuesday
stunts were staged by
Foxdale School and by the
staff of ship managers
Dohle, who sold pancakes
at £1.50 for two, raising
£100 for the Alzheimer’s
Society (MP050208-6)
6 – LADY IN RED: Sara
Palmer toasts the end of the
Mighty Oak Appeal, which
raised £2 million for a £5
million hospice in Braddan,
at a glittering ball at the
Villa Marina to mark the
end of two years’
fundraising. Sara was the
public face of the campaign
as co-ordinator – and even
went wing walking
(JM050212-93)
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1 – ALL TOGETHER
NOW: President of Tynwald
Noel Cringle leads pupils
of the new Auldyn School,
Ramsey, in a singsong – of
Ramsey Town. The
politician opened the £5.2
million building, boasting
pioneering environmental
features, in March. It was
among the last functions for
retiring head Joy Brew
(JM050311-81)
Year in Pictures MARCH
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2 – SAVIOURS: An
historic agreement is
reached to save St Jude’s
Chapel in Andreas this
month, after a campaign by
the Friends of St Jude’s.
They fought for four years
to save the chapel, built in
1841, from demolition after
it was deemed structurally
unsafe. Pictured are
Captain of the Parish
Dorothy Sayle, Lord
Bishop Graeme Knowles
and Andrew Dobrzynski,
the chairman of the Friends
(JM050305-17)
3 – YOUR GOOD ELF:
Mum of two and Manx
National Heritage worker
Sue Firth, 45, of
Ballaglonney Lane, Santon,
collects money from drivers
for TV’s Comic Relief
appeal at Fairy Bridge,
staying out all day to raise
£369. At one stage she got
soaked and had to nip home
to tumble dry her costume
(JM050311-25)
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4 – STRAPPING LAD:
Geoff Corkish, the Steam
Packet’s communications
manager, has trouble
adjusting as he takes part in
the Bra Dash through
Douglas in aid of
Breakthrough Breast
Cancer in March. Heading
the charge in the Bank of
Scotland International
sprint was a conical-chested
Crowdicia, alias MLC
Pamela Crowe, her chariot
drawn by brave MHKs
(JM050318-32)
5 – IRON MAN:
Blacksmith Allan King
unveils four decorative
metalwork panels,
reflecting the heritage of
Laxey, in the Valley
Gardens. They were based
on designs by his artist wife
Sue, using suggestions
from local schoolchildren,
and crafted in Mr King’s
forge near the MER station
(MW050222-20)
6 – GIVING IT STICK:
Education Minister and
former Commonwealth
Games competitor David
Anderson sprints off with
the 2006 games’ baton at
Tynwald Hill, St John’s, at
the start of its four-day
relay around the Island.
Thousands of
schoolchildren held the
baton as it was taken to all
36 primary schools. It will
be taken to all 71
Commonwealth nations
ahead of the games in
Melbourne (JM050322-2)
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Year in Pictures MARCH
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1 – SAD REMINDER:
Jordan Lamb, seven, looks
sadly at a photo of his cat
Simon, which was
deliberately mown down
by a driver in Springfield
Avenue, Douglas. His
mum Sarah Halsall put up
posters appealing for
information and blasted
the ‘horrific act of cruelty’
(MP050227-5)
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2 – NOSES IN THE
TROUGH: St John’s
School pupils raise £400
for TV’s Comic Relief
appeal by baking cakes
and holding a bad hair day.
Elsewhere, Foxdale School
head Stuart Lambie
donned a kilt, office
workers turned up in
pyjamas and Chris Bridle,
of CVI Technical Optics,
had his chest waxed
(MW050311-5)
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3 – CAMERA WORK:
Workers from Cedar
Developments - from left
Alan Lane, Michael
Watterson, William
Threnthan and Alex
Burnett - celebrate
finishing a £250,000
refurbishment of the Great
Union Camera Obscura on
Douglas Head. The
registered building went
out of public use in 1990.
It affords unique views
over Douglas (JM05032325)
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4 – ON THE RUN: Aaron
Murphy, 12. races to the
finish line to donate £120
to the tsunami appeal after
lapping Ballakermeen
High School’s field 39
times – in his lunch break!
The school held a
sponsored challenge to
raise money for victims of
the Boxing Day disaster
(MW050228-5)
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5 – CLOWNING
AROUND: Doug Francis,
of Douglas, puts a smile
back on the faces of Thai
youngsters affected by the
tsunami. Doug, 36, of
Douglas, visited Phi Phi
with money he raised
himself and worked at a
day centre, designing
murals and entertaining
children at schools
6 – DARING DANCER:
Pamela Crowe MLC
removed a cape to reveal
nearly all as she danced
with Ron Sibthorpe in
Essentially Dancing at the
Villa Marina this month.
The event, which also saw
John Kennaugh and Sir
Miles and Mary Walker
tripping the light fantastic,
raised money for Victim
Support (MW050307-111)
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1 – BATTERED:
Department of Transport
workers spring into action
to clear flooded drains at
Greeba after the Island is
lashed by blizzards and
heavy rain. More than two
inches of rain fell in one
weekend and five inches
of snow settled on the
Mountain Road, closing it
for 48 hours after gales
led to blizzard conditions
(JM050418-6)
Year in Pictures APRIL
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2 – HIGH-FLYER: Casper
the cat sits patiently up a
telegraph pole, waiting to
be rescued by the MSPCA
and Manx Telecom. The
year-old, long-haired
tabby escaped from his
home in Dalton Street,
Douglas, and climbed up
the 30-foot pole in Albert
Street. It was a happy
ending for Casper, who
was soon back in owner
Chris Egan, an MT
worker’s, arms
(MP050425-7)
3 – FUTURE STAR:
Young Actor of Mann
competition winner Tony
Eccles, 15, gets into
character. The teenager
took the prize at the end
of this year’s Easter
Festival of Plays, held at
the Gaiety Theatre,
Douglas. He played
characters from Roses of
Eyam and Gregory’s Girl
(JM050305-29)
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4 – TRIBUTE: Canon
Brendan Alger, dean and
head of the Catholic
Church in the Island,
addresses the
congregation at St Mary’s
Church, in Hill Street,
Douglas, following the
death of Pope John Paul
II. Masses to remember
the late pontiff were held
in churches throughout
the Isle of Man
(MP050403-11)
5 – MONKEY PUZZLE:
Braddan Commissioner
Peter Halsall holds one of
three monkey puzzle trees
which were all set to be
planted outside the
Memorial Hall, in
Braddan, to replace three
which had died. At the
last minute, residents
objected to the planting,
saying the grown trees
would pose a danger to
neighbouring properties if
they fell and the ceremony
was abandoned
(MW050401-58)
6 – GOODBYE: Isle of
Man Newspapers editor
Lionel Cowin announces
his retirement after 30
years in the role. Lionel,
60, was at the helm to
lead many of the
technological advances
that have revolutionised
newspaper production
over the past two decades.
He was succeeded by
John Sherrocks
(MW050330-20)
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Year in Pictures APRIL
1 – BOUNCING: Sophie
Corkish demonstrates her
ability at the Manx
Trampolining Club. Club
organiser Janice Kissane is
a professional trampolining coach who is hoping
the club’s youngsters, aged
four to 16, may one day
get together a team and
compete in the UK
(MW050405-76)
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2 – POPULAR
PERFORMANCE:
Jonathan Chan, nine,
celebrates helping the
Buchan School’s Awesome
Orchestra take victory in
the under 12 music making
class at the annual Manx
Music Festival. This year’s
top prize, the Cleveland
Medal Test, was won by
baritone Glynn Morris
(JM050426-8)
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3 – LIFE LOST: Tributes
pour in following the
tragic death of 25-year-old
football player Craig Lunt.
Craig died at home after
succumbing to an
undetected heart defect.
His family set up a charity,
Craig’s Heartstrong
Foundation, to raise money
in support of a heart
screening unit for young
sporstmen and women
(MW050405-9)
4 – HAT’S IT: Flower girl
Sophie Buchan, 12, takes
part in an afternoon of
Easter celebrations in Port
Erin. Around 200 people
made their way to Athol
Park for an Easter egg
hunt, a bonnet competition
and treasure hunt around
the village (JM050326-92)
5 – BUCKETS OF FUN:
Six-year-old Jack Kaighin
leaps ahead as he takes
part in the 1st Ballaugh
Cubs’ Silly Olympics. The
event was held as part of
the Children with
Leukaemia Marathon
Challenge, which meant
tackling 26 ‘sports’ to
coincide with the London
Marathon (MP050408-11)
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1 – OLD FRIEND:
The restored Camera
Obscura once again
welcomes visitors after its
£250,000 restoration,
following a 15-year
closure. The camera, on
Douglas Head, has 11
lenses which project
images onto 11 viewing
tables. It remained open,
staffed by the Victorian
Society, throughout the
summer (JM050427-48)
Year in Pictures MAY
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2 – SOME SAUCE:
Ann Bull serves the
burgers at Braddan
Church fair. The St
Brendan’s Fair is held
annually on the closest
Saturday to St Brendan’s
Day, to whom the church
is dedicated. The event,
held in the church hall
and grounds, raised
£1,600 towards ongoing
work to refurbish and
extend the hall
(MW050514-50)
3 – SEEING DOUBLE:
Jordan Berry, 11, joins
classmates at the Buchan
School in taking part in a
campaign to help send
children in developing
countries to school. They
created paper ‘buddies’ to
send to the G8 summit as
part of an Action Aid
campaign called Send My
Friend to School
(MW050516-59)
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4 – FLAG IT UP:
Ballakermeen High
School students welcome
more than 100
Norwegians to Douglas.
The visitors were
celebrating 100 years of
Norwegian independence
on their country’s national
day. The visitors from
Rogaland, in southwest
Norway, spent five days in
the Island (MW05051723)
5 – MOODY BLUES:
Davy Knowles, 18-yearold singer and lead
guitarist with local
blues/rock trio Back Door
Slam, shows the
professionals how it’s
done at this year’s Bushy’s
Big Wheel Blues Festival,
in Laxey. Davy and his
bandmates Ross Doyle
and Jamie Armstrong
were the highlight of the
popular annual festival
(MW050514-13)
6 – BUTTERFLY
BEAUTY:
Claire Wilson, 12, models
at the Isle of Man
College’s hairdressing and
make-up competition.
Claire’s sister, Christina
Mayers, was behind the
creation. The annual event
is an opportunity for hair
and make-up students to
get creative and show
what they can do
(JM050509-21)
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Year in Pictures MAY
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1 – SHOCK TACTICS:
A police officer demonstrates the X36 Taser
which delivers 50,000
volts of electricity to help
firearms officer bring
offenders under control.
The move to introduce the
Tasers to the Island’s
streets coincided with the
replacement of CS spray
with a synthetic pepper
spray called Pava
(JM050426-105)
2 – YELLOW BRICK
ROAD: Castle Rushen
High School students Anna
Quayle, Nicola Singer and
Jenna MacGregor dress as
Wizard of Oz characters
Scarecrow, Dorothy and
the Tin Man for a
sponsored walk to raise
money for a school trip to
South Africa. The girls
were among 40 CRHS
students who walked to
Ballasalla and back
(JM050515-6)
3 – GRASP THE
NETTLE: 12-year-old
William Brown takes part
in Be Nice to Nettles Week
. The awareness week,
which promoted the value
and use of the plant, was
organised by the Wildlife
Park and the Wildlife
Trust. Wildflowers of
Mann project manager
Andree
Dubbledam said nettles
support 40 different
species of feeding insect
(MW050521-16)
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4 – ON YOUR BIKE:
UK Deputy Prime Minister
John Prescott prepares to
do a lap of the TT course
during a trip to the Island
for the seventh summit
meeting of the British-Irish
Council. He rode pillion
on a Honda ridden by
police officer Robbie
Lace. Mr Prescott visited
for talks at the Villa
Marina, along with senior
figures including Irish
Taoiseach Bertie Aherne
(JM050520-146)
5 – PARTY TIME: Doreen
Crellin, 75, leads a series
of Vera Lynn songs as
Glenside residential home,
in Douglas, marks the 60th
anniversary of VE Day.
Around 60 residents took
part in the celebrations,
which were echoed around
the Island.
Throughout the year there
were events to mark 60
years since the end of
World War Two
(MW050508-13)
6 – COMING DOWN:
Work to demolish the old
chimney at Pulrose power
station resumes, almost
two years after a first
attempt was abandoned.
Specialist steeplejacks
were called in to do the
work, which involved
using special chainsaws to
bring down the stack piece
by piece (MW050504-3)
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1 – LOCAL ACES:
Sidecar stars Dave
Molyneux and Dan Sayle
celebrate after an historic
sidecar race win. They
became the first crew ever
to lap the Mountain
Course in less than 20
minutes, raising the lap
record to a staggering
116.044mph. An 11th
victory for Molyneux
made him the most
successful sidecar
competitor of all time
(MW050608-148).
2 – FAMILY
TREASURE: Maurice
and Barbara Gotrel
proudly display their 1931
Swift car bought by
Maurice’s father in 1935.
The car was on display at
the Retromobile Isle of
Man 2005 car show in
Kirk Michael. More than
200 historic, classic,
veteran and vintage cars
were on show in the field
behind the Mitre Hotel
(JM050529-32).
Year in Pictures JUNE
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3 – MINI ME: TT star
John McGuinness
celebrates with son Ewan,
four, after powering his
AIM Racing Yamaha R1
to victory in the TT
Superbike race on Mad
Sunday. It was the first of
two TT wins for
McGuinness this year, his
second win of the week
coming in the Senior TT
race. He now has a total
of eight victories under
his belt (MW050605-76).
4 – DISGUSTED: Iain
and Marjorie Forrest hit
out after the body of a TT
rider is left in their garden
for more than an hour.
Newcomer Joakim
Karlsson, 39, died when
he crashed at the gateway
of the couple’s house in
Main Road, Kirk Michael.
They called for major
safety improvements and
more respect for riders
killed at the event
(MW050601-18).
5 – FATHER AND SON:
Connor Hislop, five,
stands before a statue of
his late father, race ace
Steve Hislop, which was
unveiled at The Lookout,
Onchan Head. The Scot,
who died in a helicopter
crash in 2003 at the age of
41, had a home in
Onchan. Connor was
joined by brother Aaron,
seven, for the unveiling
(JM050605-60).
6 – ROCK GOD: Former
Led Zeppelin front man
Robert Plant performs one
of two breathtaking shows
at the Villa Marina. The
60-year-old proved he still
had it during TT week,
rocking the Villa Marina
two nights in a row. The
shows’ finale, a
barnstorming version of
Whole Lotta Love, was a
treat for fans
(MW050604-4).
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Year in Pictures JUNE
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1 – ESCAPE: A Toyota
Celica lies on the electric
railway line at Bulgham,
on the Laxey coast road.
The driver, a Ramsey man,
and his female passenger
luckily escaped injury
in the crash. The accident
meant the Laxey to
Ramsey Manx Electric
Railway service had to
turn back and the final
Ramsey to Laxey service
was cancelled (JM05060637).
2 – BACK AGAIN:
Dominic Delaney, 62,
makes a triumphant
political comeback by
winning the Douglas West
by-election. His victory
marked a speedy return
from the political
wilderness after his failure
to win back his seat in the
Legislative Council in a
series of head-to-head
ballots with Trade and
Industry Minister Alex
Downie (JM050616-128).
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3 – PAVEMENT
POUNDING: More than
1,100 people head along
the TT access road at the
start of this year’s Clerical
Medical Parish Walk.
Popular Castletown man
Robbie Callister, 50, won
the event for the fourth
time, completing the
gruelling 85 miles in 15
hours 24 minutes and 24
seconds (MW050625-25).
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6
4 – ANIMAL MAGIC:
Clara Ruiz, 11, from
Ballaugh School, leads the
giraffes on an animal
parade through Douglas to
the Walk the Plank Theatre
Company’s ship
Fitzcaraldo for a matinee
performance of Noah’s
Ark. The theatre company
involved the Island’s
primary school children in
all aspects of the shows
depicting the Biblical tale
(MW050621-12).
5 – EXTERMINATE!
Cameron Wheeler, five,
Juan Kneen, three, and
Angus Wheeler, three,
with their Dalek sandcastle
during Port Erin Day.
Sunny weather helped
make the event a success,
as crowds streamed onto
the beach to enjoy the
activities, which started
with the sandcastle
competition
(JM050606-13).
6 – PACKED YEAR: Girl
band Twisted Angles
launch their first album at
HMV, in Douglas. The
album was recorded in the
UK during what was a
busy and successful year
for the girls – vocalist and
bass guitarist Steph
Motley, vocalist and lead
guitarist Laura Moore,
drummer Andrea Fox and
Ami Fargher, on rhythm
guitar (MP050410-2).
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1 – SOLID GOLD:
Manxman Mark Kelly won
the men’s criterium cycling
gold medal to round off a
successful Island Games for
the Manx held in the
Shetland Islands. The
Island racked up 34 gold
medals, including 15 for
our gymnasts, with Dave
‘Wilfie’ Walton winning
three golds for clay pigeon
shooting and cyclist
Andrew Roche claiming six
– three individual and three
team golds (JW050715-98)
Year in Pictures JULY
1
4
2 – FRIENDLY RIVALS:
Kaytie Debnam (right), a
Rushen United fan and
captain of the club’s
women’s team, went headto-head with Bolton
Wanderers fan Katie
Maddrell before a charity
match at the National
Sports Centre, which saw
Rushen and an OSA
Division One select XI take
on the Premiership team,
which is owned by Strix
boss Eddie Davies. Bolton
ran out 10-0 winners!
(JM050705-306)
3 – VIKING
CHALLENGE: The Vodka
Vikings – back row from
left, Jenny Costain, Tracey
Benny, Janine Cringle and
Vicky Prendergast and
front, Sharon Lambert and
Kelly Barlow – was one of
75 teams to compete in the
annual Viking Longboat
races at Peel, sponsored by
Scottish Life International.
(MW050723-54)
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5
4 – BIG PACKET: Steam
Packet worker Tony Barnes
proved he had a nose for
picking a winner after a £3
bet scooped him £50,000 in
what was thought to be the
biggest payout at a Manx
bookies. All of his nine
horses had come home first
(MP050726-22)
5 – SHARING A SMILE:
Peace envoy Terry Waite
and Bishop Graeme
Knowles, pictured at a
service at Rushen Abbey,
which was part of a threeday trip to the Island as
patron of the Warrington
Male Voice Choir. The trip
raised funds for Hospice
Care and Ronald McDonald
House’s Isle of Man
Families and Friends.
(MP050724-10)
6 – TRAFFIC JAM: Chief
Minister Donald Gelling
(right), his granddaughter
Lauren Gelling and
Wildlife Park manager Nick
Pinder were kept waiting by
this pelican crossing during
the park’s 40th birthday
celebrations. Around 3,000
people took advantage of a
weekend offer of 1960s
prices and Mr Gelling
unveiled a plaque to
commemorate the occasion
(MW050703-30)
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Year in Pictures JULY
1
1 – PARISH FUN: It was
a colourful day at Marown
Parish Day, held on the
Memorial Playing Fields
at Crosby. The event drew
more than 1,000 people
and raised £2,500 towards
the upkeep of the playing
fields. There was
something for everyone to
enjoy, including a
scarecrow competition and
this ‘human fruit
machine’, which saw 10year-old James Fong
operating and 12-year-olds
Rebecca Fong, Laura
Craster and Rebecca
Fowler in the slots
(MP050717-8)
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2 – YOUNG STARS:
Welsh singer and
television presenter Aled
Jones, who shot to fame
as a child singing Walking
In The Air, was joined on
stage by these youngsters
at the Villa Marina as part
of a farewell concert for
outgoing Lieutenant
Governor Air Marshal Ian
Macfadyen. The event
also raised funds for the
Golden Jubilee Trust
(MW050723-164)
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3 – SPORTING FUN: The
message at Castletown’s
Victoria Road Primary
School’s sports day was
that the fun of sport
comes not by winning, but
by participating. Retiring
head teacher Bill Denard
said the emphasis was on
encouraging more
children to take part,
which included having
teachers involved in a
somewhat unorthodox
race – ‘They wore hats,
skis and goggles,’ said
Bill. ‘It was hilarious!’
(MW050714-26)
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5
4 – POIGNANT
MOMENT: World War
Two veteran Eric Culpan
shares a quiet moment
with daughter Jackie
Speedie at a garden party
at the Villa Marina
organized by the 60th
Committee to mark the
end of World War Two. Mr
Culpan, 91, was an army
air corps glider pilot who
was captured at the Battle
of Arnhem (MP05072421)
5 – DOWNPOUR DASH:
These members of the
choir at St John’s Royal
Chapel came prepared for
the Tynwald Day
celebrations, which saw
torrential rain turn the
traditionally dry
proceedings into the
wettest for many a moon.
Guests and dignitaries’
seats at the foot of
Tynwald Hill had to be
sponged down, but the
Manx are a hardy lot and
spectators didn’t let the
downpour dampen their
spirits (MW050705-35)
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1 – BITTER RIVALRY: If
the sporting summer of
2005 is to be remembered
for anything, it is the
exciting Ashes battle
which saw England finally
triumph over the Aussies
after 18 years. There was
plenty of good-natured
banter among opposing
fans, such as Bushy’s boss
Martin Brunnschweiler
and Castletown Cricket
Club’s Michael Wright,
who described himself as
‘Aussie as the hills’ - the
duo were pictured with
Rover’s Return barman
Lee Horner keeping order.
(JM050818-42)
Year in Pictures AUGUST
1
2
2 – NO SINKING
FEELING: The annual
World Tin Baths
Championship in
Castletown harbour saw
Erika Cowen (right),
battling hard against Inn
Crowd team-mate Emily
Winterton, successfully
defend her women’s title.
(JM050827-96)
3 – LITTLE PRINCESS:
Elizabeth Archibald, eight,
of Port Erin, was crowned
Port St Mary Lifeboat
princess at the lifeboat’s
annual festivities. On a
perfectly sunny day, she
was attended by nineyear-old Alexandra Brunt
(left), of Port St Mary, and
predecessor Harriet
Quayle, 10.
(MP050807-32)
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4
4 – HEAD SCRATCHER:
Cyclist Roy Limmer ran
into a bit of a problem
when he was stopped in
his tracks by a kissing
gate at Braddan. Roy, of
Farmhill, and other
cyclists were annoyed by
the gates which they said
were blocking their use of
the heritage trail. But they
said it was also causing a
problem for parents with
pushchairs and prams.
(JM050816-93)
5 – SURPRISE GIFT:
Baby Thomas Kewley and
mum June Roberts, of
Knockaloe Beg, Patrick,
were given gifts by Steam
Packet communications
manager Geoff Corkish to
mark the fact Thomas was
the first baby born on
August 16, the company’s
175th anniversary.
(JM050818-51)
6 – FUN TIME: Nineyear-olds Erin McNulty
and Jennifer Borland, both
from Ballaugh, had a
splashing great time at
Onchan Pleasure Park.
They were pictured as part
of an Isle of Man
Examiner feature which
looked at the work of the
Department of
Education’s youth and
community service and its
summer scheme.
(MP050801-16)
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Year in Pictures AUGUST
1
2
2
3
1 – STAR OF THE
SHOW: Adam Mealin, 10,
of Ballagarey had a close
inspection of a spiney
starfish during the last ever
Manx Wildlife Trust
Marine Day to be held at
the Port Erin Marine
Laboratory. Close to 1,000
people attended and raised
nearly £800 for the charity.
(MP050806-70)
2 – WARTIME RETURN:
Above - Port Erin stepped
back in time 65 years
when an open-air play
Wire and Wool captured
life in the village as a
World War Two internment
camp for thousands of
German and Austrian
women. (MP050801-25);
Below - Berliner Christa
Citron (second from right),
who was a young dancer
about to embark on a
career in ballet when she
was interned, returned to
the Island to see the play.
She was accompanied by
Trautchen Berkier (left, the
sister of fellow internee
Karin Berkier) and they
were pictured with friend
Iris Burton, who met them
at the airport and Wire and
Wool writer Peggy Riley
(MP050804-2)
3 – HERO’S HONOUR:
Frances Clarkson, wife of
BBC TV presenter Jeremy,
got her first ever look at
the Victoria Cross medal
awarded to her father,
Major Robert Cain, when
it went on display at the
Manx Museum for two
days. Major Cain received
Britain’s highest award for
bravery in the face of the
enemy for his daring
exploits at the battle of
Arnhem in September
1944 (MP050805-8)
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5
4 – CLOWNING
AROUND: Youngsters had
plenty to smile about as
they learned about the
miracles of Jesus at a
holiday club. Ballafesson
Methodist hall opened its
doors to The Circus Club
for three days as children
aged five to 11 were taught
the difference between
magic and miracles using a
circus theme. Connor
Coulthard, 10, Joshua
Pope, seven, and JJ
Garrod, 11, were more
than happy to don the face
paint
(MW050817-28)
5 – ALL TORN UP: 23year-old hotel receptionist
Chris Turner ripped into X
Factor judge Simon Cowell
after TV’s Mr Nasty gave
him a stinging rebuke after
an audition in Belfast.
Simon described Chris’s
singing as ‘absolutely
awful’. But Chris, who is a
regular in amateur shows
and on the karaoke scene,
refused to be downhearted
and said it hadn’t affected
his confidence
(JM050816-90)
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1 & 2 – TT RETURN: The
original 1905 Tourist Trophy
visited Manx shores to help
launch a special Manx
National Heritage exhibition,
A Racing Century, which ran
till the end of the year. The
trophy is owned by the RAC
(formerly the Automobile
Club) and was handed over
on its behalf by Nick
Cussons (left) into the safe
hands of the Manx Museum’s
librarian archivist Roger
Sims (JM050905-1); top of
page – the centenary
celebrations to mark the first
TT, staged for cars, proved a
great success, the highlight
being a re-enactment of the
race around the original 52mile course. It was a fun time
for all concerned, including
Katy Dunning and Alex
Johnson, both seven, who
shared a laugh with Laurel
and Hardy impersonators
Graeme Hardy (who was
Laurel!) and Jem Frazer
(MP050909-43).
3 – UNITED IN GRIEF: The
death of 19-year-old Laura
Mae Beattie in a car crash on
the Mountain Road saw four
of her friends – from left,
Markie Chestnut, Laura
Kelly, Hannah Carine and
Sarah Johnson campaign for
the introduction of a national
speed limit. It’s an issue
which has seldom been out
of the headlines during 2005,
and after rejecting the idea
earlier this year, government
is now considering it again
(MW050907-9).
Year in Pictures SEPTEMBER
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2
4 – WARTIME SHOW: Carol
Whittle and Ian Gaynor were
dressed for the part at a
1940s night at the Masonic
Hall, Douglas, which they
organised on behalf of Athol
Lodge. Soldiers, sailors and
airmen joined with nurses
and Land Army girls to raise
£450 for the oncology
department at Noble’s
Hospital and the Port St
Mary branch of the RNLI
(MP050917-31)
5 – HEAVYWEIGHT VEG:
Eight-year-olds Philippa Li
and Juan Kermode and
Emma Kelly, nine, get to
grips with a monster marrow
at the Maughold Social Club
annual produce show, which
saw close to £500 raised for
Friends of Robert Owen
House. In the children’s
section, Richard Cowin won
for the biggest spud, which
weighed in at 13lbs, while
the Kerruish Challenge
Trophy for most overall
points went to Alison
Kermeen (MW050917-13)
6 – COUNTING THE
COST: Douglas Corporation
parks’ superintendent Kevin
Bott inspected a graffiticovered wall as the Manx
Independent kicked off a
campaign to stamp out
vandalism, an issue which
made headlines throughout
the year. The paper ran a
series of articles focusing on
efforts to combat vandal and
the victims who had suffered
at their hands (MW05092057) .
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Year in Pictures SEPTEMBER
1
2
1 – HOME CARERS: Gill
Whitley (left) and Judy Fayle
were named winners of the
inaugural Michele Taggart
Memorial Award for
Excellence in Healthcare. The
award was established in
memory of Manx woman
Michele, who died in
February after a brave battle
against breast cancer. Gill and
Judy were nominated by
Catherine Quirk for the
outstanding care they gave her
89-year-old aunt, Mary, who
returned to her home in
Douglas from hospital after a
bad fall (MP050831-4)
2 – BEHIND BARS: The
police got to grips with wellknown business personalities
as part of Age Concern’s Jail
and Bail event, which saw the
‘prisoners’ locked up until
they had managed to raise a
minimum of £500 each for
the charity. Among those
taken into custody were Isle
of Man Newspapers’ editor
John Sherrocks, Douglas
councillor Ritchie McNicholl
and (pictured) Lesley Murray
and Colin Turner from HSBC
(MW050913-59)
3
3 – FOND FAREWELL:
Outgoing Lieutenant
Governor Air Marshal Ian
Macfadyen and his wife,
Sally, left the Island at the end
of their five year residence of
Government House. But it
wasn’t all plain sailing – after
a reception for the couple at
the Sea Terminal, their
scheduled SuperSeaCat
departure to Liverpool was
delayed by three hours. Air
Marshal Macfadyen said: ‘I
can’t believe five years have
gone so quickly. I will
treasure all my memories.’
(JM050927-48)
4
5
4 – PEDAL POWER:
Hundreds lined up for the
annual Shoprite Charity
Cycle, including eight-yearold Nathan Knights, to raise
thousands of pounds for
Project 21 and the Isle of Man
Cycling Association. The day
saw two main events – a fun
cycle for the family along
Douglas promenade and a
team relay race around the TT
course for businesses and
organisations (MP050918-31)
5 – VIKING INVASION:
Members of the newly formed
Vikings of Mann reenactment society celebrated
its launch with a display on
Peel beach – and issued a call
for new members. The
Vikings – including, from left,
Trevor Smith, Shane Lucas,
Roy Baker and Franz Lener –
will take part in festivals in
the Island and further afield,
including the Yorvik Festival
in York (JM050924-29)
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6 – COFFEE MATES: Cerise
Gale, eight, stayed calm with
a cuppa while her friends at
Buchan School celebrated the
annual Macmillan Cancer
Relief’s World’s Biggest
Coffee Morning. The school
was one of 70 organisations
around the Island to hold
events. Youngsters at Bride
School got in on the act by
decorating mugs for sale and
serving refreshments to their
guests (MW050930-44)
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1 – AUTUMN
EVENING: This stunning
scene of the sun setting
was captured in Port Erin
by Isle of Man
Newspapers’ photographer
John Maddrell on the first
day of October. Adrian
Cowin, of the
meteorological officer at
Ronaldsway Airport, said
water vapour, atmospheric
gases and dust help create
the dramatic view
(JM051001-5)
Year in Pictures OCTOBER
1
2 – SAD SCENE:
Benches lie in the boating
lake alongside the sunken
remains of the popular
boats after Silverdale
Glen was targeted by
vandals. Yobs caused
£1,000-worth of damage,
including wrecking safety
equipment and destroying
hanging baskets. Steve
Bradshaw, who runs the
lake and cafe business,
vowed not to be beaten by
the criminals and revealed
plans to step up security
to stop vandals striking at
the remote beauty spot
(JM051002-13)
3 – CONKER CRAZY:
Four-year-old Max
Bradshaw was one of
about 50 competitors at
the Braaid’s annual conker
competition. The
smashing good time was
organised by Braaid
Young Men’s Club and
saw Juan Bellando take
top honours, and the Mary
Summerton Trophy, after
a gripping final with Joe
Hilliard (MW051008-37)
4 – WELCOME
ABOARD: Well-wishers
line the streets of
Castletown to welcome
new Lieutenant Governor
Vice-Admiral Sir Paul
Haddacks to the Island.
Shortly after arriving for
the start of his five-year
term, Sir Paul was
installed to the historic
position at a ceremony in
Castle Rushen. The
swearing-in ceremony was
on the day Sir Paul and
his wife Penny marked
their 35th wedding
anniversary and was the
start of a busy schedule of
public engagements
(JM051017-44)
5 – SAYING GOODBYE:
The last remaining old
homes in Lower Pulrose
disappear as bulldozers
move in. The houses, built
in the 1920s, were razed
to the ground as the latest
stage of the £29 million
redevelopment of the area
got underway. Lower
Pulrose estate residents
were re-homed while the
demolition crews were at
work (MP051024-33)
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5
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Year in Pictures OCTOBER
1
2
3
1 – FINAL FAREWELL: The
demolition of Summerland
finally got underway. It still
isn’t clear what will replace it
(MW051006-58)
2 – ON THE ROCKS: With a
head for heights Kenny
McCluskey drills into the rock
face at Bulgham Bay as part of
a bid to make the area safe. He
was one of a Department of
Transport team brought in to
cover the cliff with wire mesh
to stop stones falling onto the
road below (MW050928-48)
3 – IN HER MEMORY:
Amaara Sharpe, nine, holds a
picture of her four-year-old
sister Hanaa who died in a road
accident outside the family
home in Queen's Terrace,
Douglas. Hanaa's parents Keith
and Medina, launched a
campaign to cut speed limits in
residential areas (MW05101321)
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5
4 – VEGGIE POWER: Andreas
man Phil Diment shows his
way of beating rising petrol
prices - vegetable oil. He
converted his Mercedes as fuel
prices rose to over 100p a litre.
Phil is taxed 27.1p on every
litre of vegetable oil
(MW050926-9)
5 – HERO HONOURED: The
200th anniversary of the battle
of Trafalgar was marked with
events around the Island. There
were almost 70 Manxmen at
the battle (MW051021-46)
6 – WINTER’S COMING:
Vehicles struggle to cope with
standing water which turned
many roads to rivers after more
than two inches of rain fell in
just hours (MW051024-33)
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Year in Pictures NOVEMBER
2
1
3
1 – TALLY HO: Hunters take
in the countryside during a
chase across the fields and
hills. A 12-strong pack of
hounds travelled from
Derbyshire with huntsman
Tracey Mactaggart for the
event. (MW051116-69)
2 – AMAZING GRACE: Sixmonth-old Grace Elizabeth
Lee and her parents Kara and
Chris look forward to
Christmas, despite the brave
tot facing heart surgery for the
fourth time in her short life.
(MP051123-7)
3 – ANCIENT ANTLERS: Dr
Philippa Tomlinson, an expert
in fossils at the Centre for
Manx Studies, begins the
reconstruction of a set of giant
elk antlers believed to be over
11,000 years old discovered
by a group of students during
a field trip to Kirk Michael.
(MP051104-1)
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5
6
4 – TEDDY BOY: Two-yearold Corwyn Cannan is painted
up to look like Pudsey bear as
his nursery, Tiny Tykes, joins
the Children in Need fun.
(JM051118-51)
5 – IN THE SWIM: Olivia
Rawlinson, 13, became the
youngest competitor ever to
be selected to represent the
Isle of Man at the
Commonwealth Games.
Olivia hopes to compete in the
2012 Olympics in London
(MP051123-15)
6 – READING FUN: Phoebe,
Sou Ping and Tobey Cheng
read together in the newly
refurbished family library in
Douglas. (JM051112-2)
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1 – FIREWORK FUN:
Alexandra Ross, nine, and
Kaitlin Slack, five, try out
sparklers during the
firework display on Peel
beach. Bonfire night was
marked with a series of
displays around the Island,
most of which escaped the
winter weather. Emergency
services reported it had
been a quiet night with just
a handful of minor
incidents (MW051105-148)
Year in Pictures NOVEMBER
1
2 – WATER BABY: Tiny
tot Alfie Fargher made a
big splash when he became
the first to be born at the
new birthing pool in the
Jane Crookall maternity
wing. Proud mum Louise,
32, of Lonan, shows off the
little smasher, who weighed
in at 8lb 1oz. Louise works
as a midwife at the Jane
Crookall and hadn’t
originally planned a water
birth (MW051027-19)
3 – TUDOR HOARD:
Metal detector enthusiast
Andy Whewell used his
skills to uncover a stash of
22 silver coins on farm land
in the west of the Island.
He handed the treasure over
to Manx National Heritage,
which revealed the hoard
could date back to the
reigns of Tudor kings
Henry VII and Henry VIII
(MP051102-4)
2
4 – LANGNESS
PROTESTS: After
motormouth television
presenter Jeremy Clarkson
asked walkers to keep off a
strip of land next to his
£1.25 million home on
Langness, furious ramblers
organised a protest march
and demanded pathways
around the private land be
declared public rights of
way. The Top Gear
presenter said he diverted
walkers to preserve his
privacy and protect sheep,
which he said he been
threatened by dogs. Mr
Clarkson found some
support as protesters were
greeted by a small group
declaring him a national
treasure (JM051112-22)
5 – CROOKED COP:
Disgraced Detective
Constable Raymond Forbes,
43, arrives at court to hear
his sentence after admitting
five fraud offences. The
police officer was jailed for
six months for the
£112,000 fraud. After he
was imprisoned force
bosses outlined the fantasy
lifestyle Forbes had lived,
funded by a web of
deception (JM051108-9)
6 – NEVER FORGET:
Cecil Mitchell, 100, pays
respects to those who gave
their lives in conflict at the
Malew war memorial. Mr
Mitchell of Ballasalla
fought in the Manx
Regiment. There were
services and wreath-laying
ceremonies around the
Island to mark Armistice
Day and Remembrance
Sunday (JM051113-32)
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6
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Year in Pictures DECEMBER
1 – PORT STORM: Youngsters
at Scoill Phurt le Moirrey
debate the merits of a £6
million marina proposed for
the village. The discussion was
part of a geography project
which, when it started, saw just
one pupil register objections to
the 330-berth marina. By the
end of the project the school
gave the marina an
overwhelming no, with just
seven youngsters still in
support. The marina, the
subject of a planning appeal
after being refused permission,
will be debated at an inquiry in
the New Year (MW051209-7)
2 – ELECTRIC SHOCK: Pat
Donegan holds the power bill
which almost made her blow a
fuse. The Manx Electricity
Authority sent the 53-year-old
a demand for £10,480,
claiming she had used 99,330
more than she had. Pat, of
Lower Dukes Road, Douglas,
admitted she hadn’t panicked
when the bill arrived, realising
it was a mistake, but said she
spoke out because an elderly or
infirm person may not realise
the error. MEA bosses
apologised for the glitch and
launched an investigation
(JM051129-45)
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2
4
3 – DIET HOPES: Jane De
Weert, of Onchan, revealed she
was hoping to win a place on a
top television show to shed
weight before giving IVF
treatment another try. The 34year-old sandwich shop owner
was short listed for GMTV’s
Inch Loss Down Under series,
which will see viewers choose
three people to make the trip to
Australia in January for an
intensive detox, diet and
exercise programme. Jane said
she needed to slim from 18
stone eight pounds to increase
the chances of IVF success
(MW051208-20)
4 – LUCKY ESCAPE: Adam
Logan, 23, shows the damage
to his home after a blaze
almost claimed the lives of him
and his family. Bank worker
Adam, his girlfriend, dad and
brother were asleep in the
house in Thorny Road,
Douglas, when a fire broke out
next door. Smoke was filling
their house and they only
escaped because a passing taxi
driver spotted the incident and
police reached the scene in just
seconds (MW051206-119)
5 – CHRISTMAS CHUMS:
Emma, seven, and Katie Sayle,
five, join a snowman to wait
for one of the Santa special
trains. The Douglas sisters
were among the hundreds of
children joining the festive fun
at Douglas railway station for a
trip on the steam train. Almost
1,900 made the journey to
Keristal to meet Father
Christmas, and enjoy a tasty
mince pie (MP051203-9)
6 – MERRY CHRISTMAS:
Douglas bus driver Ian Paul
Sayle pays compliments to the
season by growing his hair and
beard, applying some dye and
donning a familiar red suit. The
45-year-old, better known as
Taffy, said he pulled on the
costume to raise a smile,
although he admitted the long
beard was hot and itchy. He
also hopes to raise some cash
for the Royal National Lifeboat
Institute by having the flowing
white locks shaved off in the
New Year (MW051209-29)
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