Author Archives: Murrays Road Primary School
Mrs Janet Norris
The following interview is an audio interview that took place on Thursday 23rd July 2009 at Murray’s Road School and covers Mrs Norris’ time growing up in Glen Vine.
Mr. Alan Bailey
nterviewer: Siobhan Fuller & Kelly-Anne Hollingsworth Interviewee: Mr. Alan Bailey Date of Interview: 11th November 2007 Alan Bailey is 60 and lives in Peel. Kelly and I interviewed him on Sunday 11th November 2007. Here is what we found out. [...]
Nessie McMekin
Interviewer: Charlotte Birch Interviewee: Nessie McMekin I am interviewing my great, great aunt Nessie McMekin, aged 92. She was born in Liverpool on 29th June 1915. She started school from the age of five, to which she had to walk [...]
Mrs Kelly
Eleanor interviewed Mrs Kelly in school and then took her notes home and turned it into a PowerPoint presentation. The movie version of this presentation can be seen here.
Harold Arthur Musker
Leonard: Good evening Mr. Musker, I would like to start by asking you what was your very first memory as a child? Mr. Musker: Well, I was travelling on a train away from the bombing in London on my way [...]
Eleanor Jane Harding
What was it like living on a farm? Wonderful, fresh air, plenty of food during the war and loads of things to do. What kind of jobs did you have to do on the farm? Collecting eggs, feeding the pigs, [...]
Mrs Quine
Date of Interview: Sunday 25th November 2007 My interview took place on Sunday 25th November at my house. The person I interviewed was Mrs Quine. Mrs Quine was born in 1947 in Ireland and came to the Isle of Man [...]
Mr. Eric Quine
Date of Interview: 17th November 2007 My interview was with my grandad, Eric Quine, I interviewed him on Saturday 17th November 2007. I wanted to record my grandad’s memories of how his life has been, and how things have changed [...]
Willie Kneale
Date of Interview: 13th September 2007 This was a short interview which took place during the launch night of ‘The Tell Me Project’. Where and when were you born? I was born on 11th September 1932 in Douglas and was [...]
Dorothy Husband
The video and audio file attached here contain an interview about Mrs Husband’s time at Murray’s Road School in the 1940s.
Mike Ventre
Date of Interview: 13th September 2007 This was a short interview which took place during the launch night of ‘The Tell Me Project’. What interesting things did you do when you were younger? I was an apprentice in the Royal [...]
Betty Wild
This interview took place at Murray’s Road School’s celebration for the 60th Anniversary of the NHS on July 1st 2008. The pupils who completed the interview were Mr Coole’s Year 6 Class of 2007-2008.
Jackie Kneen
This interview is an audio interview that took place on Thursday 4th June 2009 at Murray’s Road School. This interview is based on John’s time at Murray’s Road School and what life was like at school during the 2nd World [...]
Eddie Teare MHK
This interview took place at Murray’s Road School’s celebration for the 60th Anniversary of the NHS on July 1st 2008. The pupils who completed the interview were Mr Coole’s Year 6 Class of 2007-2008.
Alan Townsend MBE
This interview took place at Murray’s Road School’s celebration for the 60th anniversary of the NHS on 1st July 2008. The interviewers were all in Mr. Coole’s Year 6 Class of 2007-2008.