Interview with Stanley Karran about Cregneash
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Date(s): 26 January 1993
Place made: Cregneash
Scope & Content: Tracks 1 and 2: Stanley Karran talks to Phil Gawne about Cregneash. Stanley talks about land ownership at Cregneash; Wood’s Atlas, 1867; field numbers on map; Manx names for the numbered fields; great uncle (maternal side) William Karran who bought mill farm; sale of mill farm to grandfather Tommy Karran; Tommy Maddrell (Ned’s father); local Manx names for fields; burning of land not allowed; lack of water in some fields and use of well; 'gut field' where the herring guts were disposed of; number of hedges in 1600s; 'Big Farm' being made up of little crofts; plan to reinstate hedges in big well field by 1997; Turnbull ownership of land; Turnbull making his money importing salted beef and alcohol at a time when Port Erin breakwater was being constructed; Turnbull giving loans and mortgages; Johnny Keggin using the name 'Cemetery Field' as it was very stony; Johnny Keggin finding axeheads and other artefacts; 1851 census; spelling of the name Karran; quarry lands owned by the Karrans; Taubman the weaver; rock names and fishing spots; cow houses and people who owned them; incident when a house roof collapsed; size and shape of slabs for the well being re-instated; idea of making a video of walking around Cregneash and pointing out features; 1935 building of coastguard station; 1900 New Year’s Day fatal accident; 3 November 1899 land slip at Burroo (Ned thought due to a thunder storm and the same day as the birth of his sister Emily); Avoca built originally with a slate roof, renewed by Ernie Dawson; migration of family members; telegraph poles to coastguard station; First World War semaphore and army huts close to Spanish Head; Tommy Nelson being first to farm combined farms; Dr Davey’s visit from the Centre of Manx Studies.
Administration / Biographical History: Stanley Karran (1910-2009).
Language: English
Extent: 1 hr. 34 min. 10 sec.
Item name: cassette tape
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 0387
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