1937 ISLE OF MAN magazine articles, People, color photos, history

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Selling are 2 magazine article from 1937:
Isle of Man
Title: The Isle of Man
Author: Captain F. H. Mellor
Quoting the first page “Manxmen travel all over the world and sometimes settle in out-of-the-way places, but they never seem to forget their little island, which lies almost midway between England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, set like a jewel in the Irish Sea.
Tradition says the island came into existence when a legendary hero, Finn MacCool, hurled handfuls of Irish earth at some giant enemy; but, though reluctant to doubt this story, we shall be nearer the mark, perhaps, if we believe the geologists who tell us that it was once attached to the neighboring mainlands and is geologically akin to the English Lake District.
The stories of the early inhabitants are just as strange as those concerning Finn MacCool. We hear, for instance, that fairies made their kingdom in Man, and that St. Patrick, fresh from triumphs in Ireland, came to Christianize the island and turn out the snakes.
But even when we leave the legends and turn the pages of island history, the truth is exciting and romantic enough. The Celtic inhabitants were at different times ruled by Irish, Scandinavian, Scottish, and English kings.
When the island passed to Edward I of England, he and his successors presented the little kingdom to various favorites until in 1405 it came into possession of the great house of Stanley. This famous Lancashire family ruled in Man up to 1736, when the lordship passed to the Duke of Athol.
Twenty-nine years later the island was sold to the British Crown. Fortunately, however, all the old laws and customs were preserved, so that today the island, which is only 30 miles long and 12 broad, still possesses its own law courts and its own legislative bodies, though enactments, of course, are subject to the approval of the British Government.
Only last year, on a beautiful summer day, I crossed to the island for a prolonged holiday. The first thing that struck me during the voyage was the fact that the good ship Ben-my-Chree, or Queen of my Heart, was flying a red flag bearing the Three Legs of Man. This is the ancient emblem of the island, which decorates the hilt of the 13th-century Sword of State and in addition is seen almost everywhere.
It seems certain that this emblem is of Sicilian origin, for many Sicilian vases in the British Museum bear a similar design. The only difference is that in the Manx version the feet are booted and spurred and a curious motto states: "Whichever way you may throw me, I shall fall on my feet."
The voyage was pleasant, and I passed my time watching the Lancashire folk who crowded the ship and showed by frequent bursts of song how much they were looking forward to their holiday.
Their destination was Douglas, the modern capital, which is built on a magnificent bay.
While most of the Lancastrians made off to the Douglas boarding houses, I went to the railway station to take a train for Castletown, the ancient capital and chief center of romantic interest, in the southern end of the island.
The train, apart from walking, is the most amusing means of progression, for things are rather in miniature on this pocket island and the railway carriages and fussy engines are no exception to the rule.
Castletown, though deprived of its former importance, still retains an air of aloof grandeur. The inhabitants rather look down upon those who live in less favored places. There is an atmosphere of peace about the place, for the "trippers," who in summer turn the other towns into perpetual playgrounds, are satisfied to see the castle and then pass on.
Most of the town, built on Castletown Bay, is grouped around Castle Rushen. The streets are so old and narrow that sometimes the inhabitants, after nearly being annihilated by a motorbus, remark pathetically, "Why, there isn't room to swing a cat here!" All the same, they are proud of their old houses and would not have it otherwise.
One large square, facing the castle, is remarkable for its monuments. In the center stands a lofty column, erected, so a tablet explains, as a memorial to Colonel Cornelius Smelt, a former Lieutenant…”
7” x 10”; 14 pages, 13 B&W photos.
Title: Sunny Corners in a Friendly Isle
Photos by: B. Anthony Stewart
No text, just photo captions.
7” x 10”; 8 pages, 12 color photos of people and places in the island.
These are pages carefully removed from an actual 1937 magazine.
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