Monologue by John Watterson talks about his childhood in Port St Mary and his mother’s reminiscences
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Date(s): 2004
Creator(s): Manx Radio
Scope & Content: Tracks 1 & 2: John Watterson of Port St Mary talks about his childhood in Port St Mary and reads aloud his mother’s reminiscences.
He mentions G.M. Convery, Captain Gill, Neddy Conver, Cregneash; ‘Willy Gawne Everything, ‘Tom Thumb Nobbin’, John Collister, Kewaigue, Balladoole, Cannell’s stone cutters yard and Fisher’s Hill; George Moore, Balladoole School, ‘William Paddy’, Misses Blanche and Freda Stevenson, Balladoole Mansion and Harry Brew; Smelt Hill, Charlie Convery, Mr Thompson and Rushen churchyard; Johnny Taylor, Ballaqueenie Gardens, Edward Moore Gawne and Kentraugh; Thomas Moore, Brookfield; Manx Reminiscences; John Moore, builder, James Moore, Thomas Lace and Thomas Qualtrough, harbour master; Henry Kelly of Ballaqueenie Farm, Cannon C.H. Leece, Mrs Dobson; Port Soderick station house; Mrs Cowin of Kewaigue, Edward Kelly, Wilfred Kelly, Crogga Glen, Nan Wait and Mrs Comish of Brookfield Terrace Foxdale; A.W. Moore, Mr Morrison, Mr Goodwood, Mrs Killey and John Watterson; Glen Chass lead mine, Bradda Head copper mine, and Chicken Rock lighthouse; Doctor Clague, brothers James ,William and John Maddrell of The Howe; 1832 Cholera outbreak; Mr and Mrs Joseph Taubman of Sea Cliffe Ballavere Villas Port Soderick and Mr and Mrs Quayle of Crogga; Odd Fellows and Rechabites; Douglas newspaper ‘Punch’; John Joseph Sansbury, Jean Mariah Sansbury, Judge Jones, Charles Swinnerton, Joseph Swinnerton, Fred Swinnerton and Dame Annie Swinnerton; Mrs Blackley and Samuel Watterson; Ballacorkish lead mine; bugler John Francis Dunn; White Boys and the Black Boys; Smelt brewery, Level Inn, Peg-leg Caley, Gansey, Mrs Ellen Watterson, Tommy Karran, Joe Quayle and John Quirk; The Watch House, Port St Mary harbour, the Cumberland Hotel, Quillin’s butcher's shop, Smelt well; St Catherine’s Fair Day, Colby.
Administration / Biographical History: John Watterson of Port St Mary lived on the High Street, Port St Mary. As a child, c.1900, he lived in a cottage on Port St Mary beach. His mother (b.1846) sold lemonade to visitors and it became known as 'The Pop House'.
Language: English
Extent: 1 hr. 20 min. 26 sec.
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0033
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