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Old News
Views from the past on the Isle of Man news stories of the day with Howard Caine
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Episodes
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OLD NEWS 28 SEPTEMBER 2025 Manx words
Sunday, 28 September 2025
As the OED lists Manx words which have been "borrowed" by the English language and are listed in the dictionary, H looks back at Manx words in the papers over the years. Pinjean anyone?!
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OLD NEWS 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 Gaiety Theatre
Sunday, 21 September 2025
As a special mural is unveiled to celebrate 125 years of the Gaiety Theatre, H looks back at reporting on its opening and how some of its early entertainment was reported!
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OLD NEWS 14 SEPTEMBER 2025 MANX SHEARWATERS
Sunday, 14 September 2025
As we hear the good news that Manx Shearwater numbers on the Calf of Man are bouncing back, H finds out how the iconic seabird has featured in the papers over the decades - and how it once featured on the Manx Christmas table . .!
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OLD NEWS 07 SEPTEMBER 2025 Ice Cream
Sunday, 7 September 2025
As an MHK says he wants to see local Ice Cream remain on the menu for primary school dinners, H looks at how Ice Cream has featured in the papers over the years. . .
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OLD NEWS 31 AUGUST 2025 School Meals
Sunday, 31 August 2025
As primary school meals on the Island are made healthier, H looks back at how the provision of school meals has featured over the years in the papers . .
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OLD NEWS 24 AUGUST 2025 MGP
Sunday, 24 August 2025
From a cancellation before WW2 to selling the event in the UK, the MGP has never been far from the news . .
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OLD NEWS 17 AUGUST 2025 Knockaloe
Sunday, 17 August 2025
A planned breakout from the internment camp in 1917 - partly foiled by artist Archibald Knox . .!
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OLD NEWS 10 AUGUST 2025 1921!
Sunday, 10 August 2025
In the last of the holiday mini-series of Old News, H looks back to happenings in 1921 . . including a drop in population and licensing issues
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OLD NEWS 03 AUGUST 2025 . . . 1911
Sunday, 3 August 2025
H looks back at some news from 1911 . . a year which saw the first aeroplane to be seen on the Island . . taking off from Nobles Park . . . and strikes on the horse trams!
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OLD NEWS 27 JULY 2025
Sunday, 27 July 2025
In this week's edition, Howard looks back at a radio station planned for Creg-ny-Baa in 1938 and an event involving Laxey Wheel.
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OLD NEWS 20 JULY 2025 The 1925 Whale!
Sunday, 20 July 2025
H looks back at the incredible beaching of a massive whale on the Island, almost exactly 100 years ago!
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OLD NEWS 13 JULy 2025 - 1925
Sunday, 13 July 2025
H looks back 100 years to news of 1925!
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OLD NEWS 06 JULY 2025 Tynwald Day
Sunday, 6 July 2025
It's Tynwald Day tomorrow - not on the 5th though . . but that's old news of course . .
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OLD NEWS 29 JUNE 2025 - Seaweed
Sunday, 29 June 2025
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?
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OLD NEWS 22 JUNE 2025 School Attendance
Sunday, 22 June 2025
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. . .
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OLD NEWS 15 JUNE 2025 Douglas Council
Sunday, 15 June 2025
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 . .!
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OLD NEWS 08 JUNE 2025 Sunny!
Sunday, 8 June 2025
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 .
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OLD NEWS 01 JUNE 2025 . . . more TT stories from yesteryear
Sunday, 1 June 2025
H looks back at more stories from the past about the Island's most iconic sporting event
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OLD NEWS 25 MAY 2025 TT!
Sunday, 25 May 2025
H looks back again at how the TT has featured in the papers over the years. There's no shortage of old news here!
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OLD NEWS - warm weather!
Sunday, 18 May 2025
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 !
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OLD NEWS 11 MAY 2025 VE Day 80th
Sunday, 11 May 2025
As we celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, H looks back at how it was celebrated here on the Isle of Man
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OLD NEWS 04 APRIL 2025 Douglas Head
Sunday, 4 May 2025
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 . .
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OLD NEWS 27 APRIL 2025 Silt
Sunday, 27 April 2025
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!
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OLD NEWS 20 APRIL 2025 Visitor Numbers
Sunday, 20 April 2025
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 . .
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OLD NEWS 13 APRIL 2025 Archibald Knox
Sunday, 13 April 2025
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!
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OLD NEWS 06 APRIL 2025 Wind power
Sunday, 6 April 2025
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 . .
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OLD NEWS SUNDAY 30 MARCH Dredging!
Sunday, 30 March 2025
H dredges up some old news about this most beloved, essential but oft forgot aspect of life on the island . . .
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OLD NEWS 23 MARCH 2025 Steam Trains
Sunday, 23 March 2025
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!
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OLD NEWS 16 MARCH 2025 Eisteddfods
Sunday, 16 March 2025
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.
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OLD NEWS 09 MARCH 2025 Scouts
Sunday, 9 March 2025
H looks back at how the scouting movement have fared in the news over the years. Dib Dib Dib!
