| Peel Pantoloons in Blue
Beard - photo courtesy
of the Centenary Centre - see more photos from the
Panto on their website |
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| Fireworks display - Photos
courtesy of Gordon Corrin. |
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| The harbour at night -
photo by Jack Lee. |
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| Hop Tu Naa -
celebrations at the Centenary Centre - photo by Tricia
Craig. |
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| Ballawattleworth Sunrise -
we're used to seeing the sunsets, but Peel also has
an occasional spectacular sunrise - photo by Chris
Horton of Peel. |
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| Harbour bridge -
heavy rain creates waterfalls by K Drewett. |
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| The Little Big Time Band - This
unique ensemble comprises six members of the City
of Birmingham Symphony. They play arrangements of
popular classics, a good introduction for to classical
music. John Shakespeare captured them recently at
the Centenary Centre |
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| Sunsets -
by Derek Cannon of Peel... |
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| Landing the catch -
by Jane Coomer of Southampton. |
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| Sunset at the breakwater -
by Derek Cannon of Peel. |
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| Manx Transport Vintage Car
Rally - twenty P50s,
Tridents and a Viking came home to Peel, from the
UK, Austria and America |
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| and this one by Tricia Craig. |
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| New bridge completed -
view of the harbour framed by the new bridge and
flap gate which opened on 16 July. |
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| Centenary Centre -
Peel's thriving new arts centre gets some badly needed
repairs. |
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| Viking art competition winners
receive their prizes at the Leece Museum where all
the entires are on display. |
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| Viking fancy dress competition
winners |
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| Viking "son et lumiere" a
spectacular end to day one of the Viking Festival
at Fenella beach |
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| Viking battle in Peel Castle |
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Photo by K Beaumont |
Photo by K Beaumont |
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| More Peel Scenes a
sunset from Mark Leadley and a view of the cemetary
from Linda Postlethwaite of Ramsey. |
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| Can I park here?-
Mark Leadley captured this unfortunate yacht caught
on the sands at low tide. |
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| New Chair of Commissioners the
chains of office are handed over to Mr John Lightfoot
and his wife at the Commissioners Annual General
Meeting |
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| Peel scenes taken
by Mark Leadley entitled
(from top): Sea Mist, Golden Peel, and Golden Sunset |
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Peel Hill Race
Runners in the men's 4
mile race on 26 March |
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| Rainbow at feeding time gulls
enjoying the last months of feeding on the river
bed as the water retention scheme nears completion |
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High Tide Peel
Promenade just before high tide on 12 February.
Photo by Tricia Craig. |
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| Manx-style ploughing match. A
demonstration of manx-style ploughing by vintage
tractors and horses on 12 February. The match was
at Shenharra Farm owned by Charlie Caine (below left),
who is the oldest working farmer on the Isle of Man. |
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STOP PRESS: Elvis
spotted at Peel's New Year Dip Photo
by Ian Sturtivant |
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| Ernie Payne -
at the Centenary Centre. The Concert was a sell out
and received fantastic reviews. The photos show Ernie
on stage and with Dave MacLean (organiser) and Andy
Kershaw (BBC Radio 3) who has helped to bring Ernie
to the music scene in Europe. Photos by John Shakespeare. |
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| Moon rising over Peel Castle -
photo by John Shakespeare. |
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| Boat entering the harbour -
photo by Jack Lee. 2005 prize winner |
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| SWAP and King Chiaullee -
an Anglo-Swedish quartet and Manx music from a recent
gig at the Centenary Centre. Photos by John Shakespeare. |
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| Peel Carnival - photos
from the 2005 carnival and fun day |
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| Feeding the seals -
by Tess Bates of Peel. |
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| Fallen bikers at the sand
racing - by Kelly Anderson
of Peel. |
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| Peel Police at the Viking
Longboat Races - by
Gavin Wilby of Peel. |
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| Baby sea gull in flight -
by Gavin Wilby of Peel. |
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| Shakespeare in the Castle - Photos
from Love's Labour's Lost showing in Peel Castle
until the end of July. |
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| Viking Longboat Races - Special
guest Terry Waite is rowed by members of the Warrington
Male Voice Choir |
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| Peel in full bloom -
flowers at St Peter's churchyard. |
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| Hebridean Princess cruise
ship in harbour. |
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| Viking battle on the beach |
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| The bridge opens -
a temporary opening of the new harbour bridge for
the Viking Festival. |
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| Setting up camp on the beach
- the Viking Festival
gets underway on Peel Beach |
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| Sand racing -
thousands came to Peel to watch the sand racing during
TT fortnight. Photo by Vic Bates. |
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| Red Arrows -
The arrows unfortunately only put on a brief show
this year due to the mist, which cleared soon after.
Photo by Vic Bates. |
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| Boilley Spittal the
new Commissioners' development is nearing completion... |
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| Shifting sands -
getting ready for the holiday season after the winter
storms |
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| Harbour bridge installed
- the bridge is now
in place in its open position |
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| The Neb in Flood photo
by Tricia Craig,
April 2005 |
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| A view from Peel Hill taken
by Judith Hedges |
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| New Apartments the
new building to replace Corlett's Warehouse is revealed
from behind its scafolding |
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The Commonwealth Baton
The baton was greeted
by the Chair of Commissioners on 23 March at the end
of its tour of the Isle of Man, before continuing its
journey to the Melbourne Games in 2006 |
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| High Tide Again A
day later to the one below. This time captured by Mr
G Makin of Onchan. |
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one by Peter Leadley... |
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| A blast from the past A
P50 car made in Peel. The photo was taken in 1967
in Canada by its owner Gary Meed. Also in the photo
is Donna Mead, and a 1964 Ford Galaxy still owned
by Mr Meed. The P50 was sadly destroyed in a fire
some years ago. Look out for many surviving P50s
and Tridents at this year's Vintage Car Rally in
Peel. |
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| Grace and David Eames on
their wedding day 15th Jan, outside the Cathedral
with a guard of honour from their colleagues on the
RNLI crew. Photo
by Tricia Craig |
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