A Victorian Visit to Peel, Isle of Man

By Andrew Gill

At the end of the 19th century, the Isle of Man was a popular tourist destination. Steamship ferries brought visitors from Liverpool, Whitehaven, Fleetwood, Greenock, Glasgow and Belfast. To help them make the most of their stay, travel guides were published which provided information about the towns and villages, places to visit, walks, excursions, history, geology, the weather .... in fact just about everything a visitor would want or need to know. This 30 page booklet reproduces pages from Black's Guide to the Isle of Man, published in 1888, relating to Peel and twelve photographs (taken between 1880 and 1920) owned by the Keasbury-Gordon Photograph Archive, plus a general history of the whole island. The photographs and the text complement each other and enable us to travel back in time to visit this small but historically rich, British isle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514884097
• ISBN13: 9781514884096
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 41 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"