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The Archive Room

The Archive Room

Written by: Radio Manx Ltd
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 If you’re interested in Island history, if you can’t resist a good story, and if you like meeting great characters, then you’ll love everything in The Archive Room! Real stories, told by the people who were there - using Manx Radio archive recordings to explore every aspect of Island life in years gone by.Copyright Radio Manx Ltd World
Episodes
  • A few more of the best bits - suspicions about Santa and stories from someone who never gives interviews!

    A few more of the best bits - suspicions about Santa and stories from someone who never gives interviews!
    Dec 27 2025

    Another chance to hear a few gems from the shelf marked 'Christmas' in the Archive Room - including an interview with Geraldine Jamieson - the Manx Radio presenter who never gave interviews!
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    51 mins
  • THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Happy 90th birthday to No Limit - and the scary end to the serial!

    THE ARCHIVE ROOM - Happy 90th birthday to No Limit - and the scary end to the serial!
    Mar 27 2025

    As the George Formby classic film No Limit prepares to celebrate it's 90th birthday, we hear from people involved in making - and showing - it back in 1935 - and it's the final episode of our archive serial - The Little Dark Cupboard - spoiler alert - it's scary!!
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    27 mins
  • THE ARCHIVE ROOM - more fascinating true stories from the last century - and our archive serial is reaching a gripping finale!

    THE ARCHIVE ROOM - more fascinating true stories from the last century - and our archive serial is reaching a gripping finale!
    Mar 20 2025

    ETHEL GALE - aged 98 - is full of stories of life down North at the turn of the last century and LAURENCE KERMODE - breaking records by being the oldest person ever to win a class in The Guild when he was aged 100, talks about his early years and his start in the entertainment world. Plus the penultimate episode of our archive serial - The Little Dark Cupboard
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    31 mins
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