A Very Manx Millennium DVD - Description
MCMLXXIX
Remember when....
...Those "legs" appeared at Ronaldsway airport?
...Odin's Raven returned to Peel, cheered on
by a crowd of thousand
...QEII High School was opened by
HRH Queen Elizabeth II?
...The Manx National Lottery began?
...The new Police Headquarters were op
...Her Majesty The Queen arrived at Tynwald
in a horse drawn carriage?
This was 1979.
ONE THOUSAND Years of
Parliamentary Rule -
what better reason to throw
the biggest party the
Isle of Man had ever seen?
It was, indeed
- a very Manx millennium.
Featuring previously unseen archive footage of Royal Tynwald, Odin's
Raven returning to Peel, the unveiling of Bryan Kneale's Three Legs
sculpture and countless events from all over the Island. Interviews
with Sir Charles Kerruish, former Governor John Paul, Peter Kneale,
Robert Quayle, Robin Bigland and many others.
Whether you were there or not, this is a priceless documentation of one
of the Isle of Man's proudest moments.
