Talk by Lindsay and Bernie Quayle, 'Our Manx connections'
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Date(s): 2009
Creator(s): Peel Heritage Trust
Scope & Content: Bill Quine of Peel Heritage Trust introduces this talk recorded at the Wesleyan Chapel, Peel, Isle of Man.
Tracks 1 and 2: Lindsay talks about her family; her father, from the Wirrall and how he met her mother when stationed at Jurby; her father later driving buses under the nickname ‘Little Ozzy’ and moving to Scotland to maintain lighthouses; visiting Oban’s Maritime Museum and Oban locals; her parents’ passage from Oban on the ship 'Hesperus'; returning to the Isle of Man; running the Ballacallin Hotel; conversations with Billy Clague about family tree connections; grandfather George Clague Crellin; story about the Crellin family signing away property rights; granny’s boarding house and anecdotes about housekeeping duties.
Bernie relates stories of his grandfather, the artist Edward Christian Quayle; great grandfather, cabinet-maker; anecdote relating to Dan Quayle US Vice President; portrait of E.C. Quayle with friend Archibald Knox and the painting’s creation using photography; E.C. Quayle painting bought at auction and his grandfather’s old masters’ reproductions and postcard sales; his family’s cycling background and the formation of Manx Viking Wheelers in the 1920s; his working life; his unusual start with FW Woolworth; progressing to Macintosh’s; experiences in London; returning to the island to escape ‘the longtail race’; job at the Casino; his early film making and how this led to his Manx Radio career; his ‘super 8’ film of Manx Radio in 1968.
Administration / Biographical History: Married couple Lindsay and Bernie Quayle (1941-2021). Bernie was a presenter and disc jockey on Manx Radio.
Language: English
Extent: 1 hr. 23 min. 2 sec.
Item name: compact disc
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2014-0032
Access conditions: All reasonable attempt has been made by Manx National Heritage to trace and request permission (where needed) from the copyright holder(s) in this sound recording. If however you think you are a rights holder then please contact Manx National Heritage.
Subject tags : #UOSH