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A potted history of the TT Races - from journalist and race commentator Geoff Cannell, teaches us that, in its early days, it didn't involve bikes at all, and even when the bikes did join in, the race was never about speed!

Manx Radio's first Managing Director, John Grierson, explains the mysterious means by which the first race commentaries were broadcast, and there's interviews with race veteran Stanley Woods, and Formula 1 racing car and motorbike champion John Surtees.

David Mylchreest talks about the years he spent doing one of the most sought-after tasks in the TT Festival - driving the Roads Open car - a task he took over from his father Brian, in 1977.

And finally - one of the most original and entertaining additions to any TT Festival was the arrival of the Purple Helmets. In this extended interview, recorded in 2007, Purple Helmet Jim Davidson tells David Callister how they came into being - and other stories!

From the shelf marked TOURIST TROPHY in the Manx Radio Archive Room .....

Johnny Gelling shares stories of marshalling at the Highlander in his native Crosby

Felix Gale explains how he built up a flourishing camping business in Glen Wyllin

Politician Jack Nivison discusses how the Island's road surfaces were improved - and how it affected the road racing!

The 1966 Junior TT made racing history - but why? The answers are here!

And doesn't everyone dream of travelling (or even driving) the Roads Open car?

Brian Mylchreest explains to David Callister why HE wanted the job - and reveals that it's not always as straightforward as it looks ....

And finally there's a word puzzle for you to solve ..... who might have said "It's not easy to join and it's even harder to leave" ?

You can hear the voice in this programme - but to find out the name of the speaker (and other things he said), you'll need to listen to PART TWO of The TT Archive Room, due to air on 13 June 2024 and podcasted soon after transmission.

In this episode of The Archive Room, we take a closer look at the tourist industry on the Isle of Man in the years between the two Wars. In 1919 the Falcon Cliff Hotel was deemed a white elephant - it couldn't make money - but that was before Mr and Mrs Kane bought it in 1919 - and in the early 1920's turned its fortunes around. Tonight we find out how they did it.
Cunningham's Camp was a highly successful way to give young men a healthy and happy holiday - set up by the acknowledged father of holiday camps - Joseph Cunningham - some 40 years before Billy Butlin even began his similar venture. There was never any trouble, although thousands of young men came to the camp each season - the rules were strict - but just how well did the ban on alcohol work? We find out in this programme - and discover how the outbreak of war in 1939 changed these attractions for ever.
We finish with a visit to Derby Castle - former MHK and Minister for Industry Bernie May remembers that in the late 1950's and early 1960's it really did offer superb facilities and entertainment - a mecca for holidaymakers and locals alike - and just a short distance to White City!
This is the last in the present series of The Archive Room - Catch up on earlier episodes you might have missed - they're all here as podcasts, to listen when it suits you.