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From gef.im/news/charity/150-years-of-milners-tower-12687
William Milner suffered from poor health and visited Port Erin for many years, before finally retiring here in 1860. It followed a tragedy, when a young boy was killed during a competition between Milner’s firm and a rival to test each other’s safes.
‘Milner’s Port Erin home was called The Rest, situated on land opposite the Falcon’s Nest Hotel, and he became a key figure in the village. He built the cottages on St Catherine’s Terrace to house poor fishermen, he built the village’s first major hotel – the Falcon’s Nest – and he was instrumental in the building of the new breakwater, which was completed two years after his death in 1864. It was badly damaged by storms in the years that followed and was finally destroyed in 1884.
‘But Milner did so much more for the people of Port Erin and they in turn commissioned the tower to be built in his honour.
The tower is in the shape of a key hole.
We went up the narrow spiral staircase to the viewing platform.
The site of the Kodak ‘world's best snapshot competition 1931’ is 100 yards of the tower. imuseum.im/search/collections/archive/mnh-museum-290027.html The photograph won the Kodak ‘world's best snapshot competition 1931’ was taken at 9pm on a July evening on Verichrome Kodak film using a 1a pocket Kodak camera. The first prize was £4,000 (as stated in the Isle of Man Examiner, 20th November 1931) and the winner was Charles W. Powell of East Didsbury, Manchester. (There was a plaque mentioning the photo, near the entrance of the tower. And it was also mention on a separate information sign for the tower.)
Shot by Ken Harding
From left - Judith, Andy, Wooden Hiker 1, Jackie, Wooden Hiker 2, Dennis, Wendy Graham(sp)?
The plaques on the rucksack are AWOL, but would read....
Top one
Manx Footpaths Conservation Group - with a map of IoM and two boots.
Large middle one is inscribed with
September 2016
Hiker carving is dedicated to the Memory of past footpath members.
To unlock the treasures
of the Island heart;
With loving feet to trace
each hill and glen,
And find the ore that is
not for the mart
Of commerce: this is all I ask.
T. E. Brown
Lower one
1986 Sept 2016 Raad Ny Foillan
The Happy Hiker carving was put in place by the Manx Footpaths Conservation Group to celebrate 30 years of the coastal footpath, as well as remembering their past members.
Location is a reasonable guess, but might not be accurate.
The present parish church dates from 1881 as the old church, dating from 1714 when it was consecrated by Bishop Wilson through whose exertions the church had been built, was in a very bad state of repair- the site of the old church becoming part of the graveyard. Prior to 1714 Patrick and German shared St Peter's in Peel.
Dutch angle of Manx wild sheep.
Via Mr Google, my ever resourceful mate...
"The Manx Loaghtan is a breed of sheep native to the Isle of Man characterized by dark brown wool and typically having four horns. Some individuals may even have six horns. Although not native to the British Isles, the Manx Loaghtan is descended from the primitive sheep once found throughout Scotland, the Hebrides and Shetland Islands. The name Loaghtan is from the Manx words lugh dhoan meaning mouse-brown."
Taken from www.birdsontheedge.org/wild-jersey/species/rare-breeds
Castletown is a town in the Isle of Man, geographically within the historical parish of Malew but administered separately. Lying at the south of the island, it was the Manx capital until 1869. The centre of town is dominated by Castle Rushen, a well-preserved medieval castle, originally built for a Viking king.
Castletown is the former capital of the Isle of Man and site of the Tynwald, and can trace its roots back to 1090. The town has narrow streets and small fishing cottages. Castle Rushen (at the centre of the town) was originally built in 1265 for a Norse king, then fortified and added to by successive rulers between the 13th and 16th centuries. The castle has been used as a fortress, a residence for the Kings and Lords of Mann, the site of a mint and even a prison (past prisoners include a bishop and two newspaper editors). The town and castle were the site of a number of sieges and battles, especially during the years when control of the island passed between the Norse, Scots and English. Robert the Bruce laid siege to and captured the castle three times.
The history of the town and island is illustrated in four Manx National Heritage sites in the centre of Castletown: Castle Rushen, the Nautical Museum (in the secret passage-filled home of inventor, politician, banker and probable smuggler George Quayle), the Old Grammar School (originally a church from 1200 AD) and the Old House of Keys.
Fishing boats still go out to fish from the harbour. Commercial traffic to the port ended in the 1970s, although there has been an ongoing expansion of financial and industrial businesses in the area. The first telephones on the Isle of Man appeared in Castletown in 1901. [Wikipedia]
A bit of vertigo - it opens out after you go up a narrow spiral staircase; luckily we had it to ourselves as passing on the stairs would have been very tricky.
The route for Tynwald day (5th July) procession, I took the shot standing between the church and Tynwald Hill.
manxnationalheritage.im/visit-2/about-the-isle-of-man/tyn...
Luckily I took a photo of a sign that gave its name...
And from an IoM government document...
"One of Port St Mary’s jewels is the Karran Quirk footpath, usually known as ‘The Cat Walk’. This was built as a winter- works scheme between 1962 and 1965. The Cat Walk is an elevated walkway above the sea and links the lower promenade with Shore Road. It was severely damaged by gales in 2002, but has been fully rebuilt since that time."
And after reading my sign photo a bit more, and with help from Mr Google, via a Gallas Foundry Facebook post from June 2023...
"The Catwalk, Port St Mary (part of PROW 441) On the run up to TT this year, Gallas Foundry Ltd replaced the safety railings the length of the Catwalk which links PSM beach and PSM harbour. ... The Catwalk is also known as the Karran Quirk footpath. It was built as a winter works scheme between 1962-5 and won the Civic Trust Award in 1965. It was named after the Port St Mary Commissioners Page Clerk Harold Karran and the Foreman Mason for the project Harry Quirk."
The path was originally designed by Wesley Gill.
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4404/cronk_karran.html
and
www.transceltic.com/isle-of-man/cronk-karran - Cronk Karran is a Neolithical stone circle which is either a burial circle or hut circle.
Blue skies and sun!
www.goldradiouk.com/artists/bee-gees/statue-isle-of-man-p...
The bronze sculpture was unveiled July 2021.
The artist, Andy Edwards, was also behind the Beatles statue in Liverpool, and said the location on Douglas Promenade was important to show the group "walking back into the town, coming back from across the sea".
The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Gibb brothers were all born in the Isle of Man but later moved to Manchester before emigrating to Australia in 1958.