by Admin | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Image via Wikipedia The Isle of Man has a motorbike racing history dating back to 1904 with the Gordon Bennet car trials and following on from 1905-1922 with the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy. Races were held on the Isle of Man due to speed restrictions placed...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Image via Wikipedia Because the Isle of Man had various peoples amongst its population over the ages, given names on the Isle of Man have Celtic and Norse influences. An excellent resource for Viking/Scandinavian names for study or to use as baby names is The Viking...
by Admin | Oct 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Image by 350.org via Flickr The motto of the Isle of Man, Quocunque Jeceris Stabit (Whichever way you throw me, I will stand), perfectly captures the spirit of its people who have seen their island under different conquerors and officials but have proudly maintained...
by Admin | Oct 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Located in the Irish Sea nearly equidistant from Northern Ireland, England and Scotland, The Isle of Man is part of the British Isles and includes the main island as well as the smaller islands of Chicken Rock, St. Patrick’s Isle, and the Calf of Man. There is...
by Andy | Feb 13, 2008 | Generally Cool Stuff
It’s rather fitting that the smallest car in the world comes from one of the smaller countries in the world. The Peel P50 is in the Guinness book of records as the world’s smallest production car. Manufactured in the Isle of Man in 1964 there were a couple...
