Old News

H looks back at the incredible beaching of a massive whale on the Island, almost exactly 100 years ago!

H looks back 100 years to news of 1925!

It's Tynwald Day tomorrow - not on the 5th though . . but that's old news of course . .

As PSM commissioners work to deal with the smell of rotting seaweed, H looks back at how it's been dealt with around the Island over the years. There's no shortage of it around the Island's coastlines - but is it a boon or a bane?

As school attendance is raised in the Keys, H looks back at how attendance - or truancy - has featured over the years - and why blackberries used to be a problem. . .

Never far from the news and looking for new members - how have the council fared in the press over the years? Pretty well it seems with a good row never far away . .!

It's not always the case that the sun shines on the Isle of Man - ask any TT fan - but when it is sunny does it make the news? H looks back .

H looks back at more stories from the past about the Island's most iconic sporting event

H looks back again at how the TT has featured in the papers over the years. There's no shortage of old news here!

H looks back at some of the thoughts recorded in the Island's newspapers over the years on the subject of warm weather. Get your flannels on and keep off the buses !

As we celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, H looks back at how it was celebrated here on the Isle of Man

As the concept of making Douglas Head a conservation area is considered again, H looks back at the ups and downs of the iconic area in the papers over the years . .

H gets to the bottom of things as he looks back at how silt around the Island's harbours and watercourses has been an issue for - well quite some time!

As we hear that the Island is apparently on target to attract half a million visitors a year by 2032, H looks back at how visitor numbers have featured in the papers over the years . .

As a major new exhibition of the work of Archibald Knox opens at the Manx Museum, H looks back at how his life and work featured in the press over the years . . . and why he took the Steam Packet to court!

With the ongoing debate and new environmental impact studies taking place with regard to possible wind turbines being built, H looks back at how generating power from the wind has featured in the papers over the years. As usual . .it's nothing new . .

H dredges up some old news about this most beloved, essential but oft forgot aspect of life on the island . . .

As the Steam Trains to Port Erin start again for a new season, H looks back at some train stories of yore . . . and sees some correlation with current views, as is usually the case!

With one of the few remaining Eisteddfods on the island - The Braaid Eisteddfod - about to take place, H looks back at how the once popular evenings have been reported over the years.

H looks back at how the scouting movement have fared in the news over the years. Dib Dib Dib!

As the news features a search for the perfect Manx menu, H looks back at the papers to see how local fare has fared . . . . . .

Following recent news that unemployment on the Isle of Man is up again, H looks back at the jobless figures and how they have featured in the papers over the years . .

As we hear of news that trees from the Island's plantations are to be harvested and some timber exported, H looks back at plantation news featured in the papers over the years

It's been proudly brewed on the Isle of Man for centuries - but how has beer fared in the news over the generations? And why? Beer for breakfast anyone?!

As a recent survey into Homelessness on the Island garners some 800 responses, H looks at how the issue has been dealt with in the papers over the years . . .