Ghost Ship Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/30/2024 at 5:54 PM, John Wright said: Hockey, Football and Student sports events pre date year of sports, by decades. They were going strong in the ‘70’s. Yes. It was certainly the 70s whan I was involved at Easter. But it wasn't a student festival. As @numbnuts has said it was more club teams from the north west. Hockey, football and rugby.** There was the Whit festival too. At the risk of infurating @Excocet still further with a rambling reminisce, I remember showing around a mixed hockey team from Leicester on the Monday evening of the 1982 Whit Festival. They were mixed in the sense both of male/female and race too - most of them were of Indian descent. It was the first evening of TT practices and we went to the foot of Bray Hill to watch. They weren't too impressed by the smaller category bikes, but they took notice when Joey Dunlop went through rather quickly... I then took them on a pub crawl of Douglas. They loved it and the regulars in the pubs enjoyed it too. Not a hint of racism from anybody and my Indian friends loved it all. When I left them at around midnight at their guesthouse (the Silvercraigs) they were planning to go paddling on the beach. Pity if that sort of thing doesn't happen any more. I don't think they would have wrecked their hotel rooms... ** I wasn't really aware of the Easter running festival at the time, but looking at some of the archived programmes going back to the 70s it's clear that the IoM was attracting at least 300 - 400 runners plus family and friends even then. They were even attracting teams from as far away as London with teams like Hercules Wimbledon. Whatever happened to the Manx Mountain Marathon? Wasn't Joss Naylor a previous winner? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 The Manx Mountain Marathon still takes place Easter Saturday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 29 minutes ago, Ghost Ship said: Whatever happened to the Manx Mountain Marathon? Wasn't Joss Naylor a previous winner? It was run on Saturday https://manxfellrunners.org/blog/2024/3/31/mmm-2024-results 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 7 hours ago, Derek Flint said: I remember being on a night out with some retired colleagues. "Where's 'X'?" I enquired. "Having a Manx-off with "Y". They'll be along in a minute." Came the reply. Because the come overs are such fckn placid introverted people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, Gizo said: Because the come overs are such fckn placid introverted people. One thing is certain, you Manx have certainly benefited from “come overs” 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 16 minutes ago, Passing Time said: One thing is certain, you Manx have certainly benefited from “come overs” All Manx are come overs originally 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 (edited) 32 minutes ago, alpha-acid said: All Manx are come overs originally Wrong, I can trace my family back to tetrapods when we came on land from the sea 390 million years ago. There's no way we came from Liverpool. Edited April 1 by slinkydevil 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 39 minutes ago, alpha-acid said: All Manx are come overs originally So are all the English, Scots etc. English is just badly spoken French. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Just now, Albert Tatlock said: So are all the English, Scots etc. English is just badly spoken French. and the Scots use badly spoken English 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 2 hours ago, Gizo said: Because the come overs are such fckn placid introverted people. Didn't one of them announce his recent return visit in a self important attention seeking post? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 6 minutes ago, display name said: the Scots use badly spoken English So do the English! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 minute ago, Jarndyce said: So do the English! You've met Brummies and Scousers before I see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 All Brits were Celts originally! Then came the Germans, French, Vikings, Polish, Sud Afriks , Bulgarians, Romanians, Americanas and Carl Sagan says.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 2 minutes ago, Kopek said: All Brits were Celts originally! Then came the Germans, French, Vikings, Polish, Sud Afriks , Bulgarians, Romanians, Americanas and Carl Sagan says.................. ......bloody vikings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De nada Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 21 minutes ago, slinkydevil said: Wrong, I can trace my family back to tetrapods when we came on land from the sea 390 million years ago. There's no way we came from Liverpool. But they have regressed back to Liverpool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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