Interviews with Frank Cowin about Ramsey harbour and Laxey, and with Annie Kermode about Glen Maye
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Date(s): 1996
Creator(s): Neate, Kirsty; Cresswell, Yvonne M.
Scope & Content: Track 1: Frank Cowin talks to Kirsty Neate about Ramsey harbour. Frank talks about the lough and river at the Mooragh; books by Constance Radcliffe; Mezeron; Silver River; Mitre Hotel; Ramsey quay development; courthouse; George Stewart; old Ramsey; boarding houses on Mooragh Promenade; German ship running aground; graves in Maughold churchyard; warehouses; Corlett Sons and Cowleys; Northern Railways; saltworks; Ballaghennie; shipyard in the 1960s and 70s including ships the 'Ramsey' and 'Star of India'; road bridge across the river; Chrystal Bros; Corlett Sons and Cowley; Master Frank; gasworks; J.G. Kelly, Corkhill and Callow; Bridge Inn; windmill, Bowring Road; gravel layer below the town; Queen's Pier; Isle of Man Steam Packet, including the 'Ellan Vannin'; slipway.
He describes Laxey harbour and horse drawn tramway from mines to harbour; Laxey Flour Mill; Erskine Clothing Company; Laxey fair, Tent Road; Back Shore Road called Pig Street; Salvation Hall; Wesleyan chapel; foundations of harbour wall; mining company boating subsidiary; Snaefell Mountain Railway; boiler installed at Snaefell Mine; axle for Laxey Wheel; Croit e Quill Road; Minorca Hill; New Laxey Road, bridges and Ramsey Road; promenade; lead going to Dee estuary and zinc to Swansea; building materials used in Laxey village.
Track 2: Annie Kermode talks to Yvonne Cresswell about Glen Maye. She recalls walking to Glen Maye from Doarlish Cashen to collect post; getting groceries from Glen Maye and father going to Peel on horse and cart; making butter; crops grown; father fishing from Peel with the fleet; children at home; living at Gordon; father driving trams in the summer; moving to St Mark's smithy; marrying Tom Kermode, blacksmith; helped make horseshoes; Sunday School; agricultural implements repaired at the smithy.
Annie’s sister recalls her school days. They talk about the Rheast; the orchard at Gordon; sister Edith killed in the war; well at St Marks; mother taking fleeces to Tynwald Mills and swapping for goods; father bringing coal to Doarlish Cashen; moving to Tosaby and then Knock-e-View; homes in St Marks.
Language: English
Extent: 1 hr. 11 min. 56 sec.
Item name: cassette tape
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 0405
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I worked with Frank in 1970s and met up with him again when he lived with his wife next to my daughter. He was an architect in his day when I worked with him. But he is so knowledgeable about Isle if man. - Sheila Ferguson Report this