A new film has been released by Culture Vannin which offers some past stories of Peel’s streets.
Illegal betting shops, falling through the mortuary roof and machine-gunning fascists on the promenade – all on the streets of Peel.
Led by Albert Frost, the stories he tells stories of sunset city stretching back into the 1930s, including unusual locations and fascinating characters.
Stories of Peel
Viewers will hear tales of machine-gunning fascists on the promenade, falling through a mortuary roof, illegal betting shops, cattle being driven through the streets, the gutters running red with blood from the slaughter houses, after-hours RAF parties in The Marine, the distinctive smell of the herring girls, the true story of how the Bismarck was sunk and much else besides.
Culture Vannin first spoke to Albert Frost in 2020 for an oral history recording.
However, it soon became apparent that his stories of Peel in the past deserved something more, and so this film was created.
Culture Vannin
James Franklin, Online and Educational Resources Officer at Culture Vannin, says: “Anyone who has met Albert Frost will know what a national treasure he is. His memory of life in the past is phenomenal, and all of his stories are told with such vividness and joy.
“These stories of Peel are an important record which we feel privileged to be able to help share with future generations.”
The route taken in the film starts on Tynwald Road and comes down to the Creg Malin before moving along the promenade to the harbour and then on to end at Moore’s kipper house.
‘A Walk Around Peel with Albert Frost’ is available in a full one-hour version of the complete tour, or as 39 separate parts.
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