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Booklet features WWII newspaper stories

by isleofman.com 13th April 2010

'At War with Germany' is the stark headline on the latest booklet published by the Manx Heritage Foundation.

It's been produced to coincide with the 'Forced Journeys' exhibition at the Sayle Gallery in Douglas, which features work by artists who were exiled to the Isle of Man between 1933 and 1945.

The publication features some fascinating newspaper stories from the period, along with a selection of rare archive photographs.

Administrator of the foundation Charles Guard recounts an incident in which two boys used a crowbar to carry out an extraordinary theft:






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Tuesday 13th, April 2010 11:54pm.

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