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Wonderful imagery, thank you.

@@Eclectickle Certainly, I consider this loco to be the real life Thomas since they put that lovely face on him every Christmas. A lot of elements from the IoM Railway were borrowed for Sodor's railways in the original book series.

You're correct. The Isle of Man Railway is known to be an inspiration for Rev W Awdry's Thomas the Tank Engine books. Did you know that Sodor took it's name from the official title of the Isle of Man's "Bishop of Sodor and Man" and it's place on the map is approximately where the land bridge was between the Isle of Man and Cumbria in the Mesolithic era. It's also the reason why they used Castletown Railway Station as Shining Time Station in Thomas and the Magic Railroad (although personally, I prefer the books).

You should have asked him, he's a genuinely nice guy and he knows the Islands rock scene inside out. Quids is always a great choice for music especially if you like it loud. The Darkness gig and the other 1886 gigs that you saw posters for were held in Villiers Square directly opposite 1886 bar. They were part of the Isle of Man TT Festival entertainment so you'd have to come back to the Island at the end of May / beginning of June next year if you want to see big names. If you're just looking for great music there's lots of smaller venues on the Island with live music most weekends - check out the Isle of Man gig guides on Facebook to see what's on.

Unlikely as he passed away a few months ago... That's Rufus Taylor!

Roger Taylor's (Queen's drummer) son. Rufus 'tiger' Taylor. been w/ the Darkness since 2015 🤘 and speaking of the amazing and now departed Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighter drummer), all music lovers should watch the two epic Taylor Hawkins Tributes in UK and US shortly after Taylor's passing. Justin & Ru, along with a host of top tier singers & musicians played a celebration of Taylor's life arranged by Dave Grohl. The thing went on for 5 or 6 hours! Joe Walsh reassembled The James Gang doing Walk Away, Funk 49 and The Bomber. Wolfgang Van Halen tour it up w/ Jus on vocals. Def Leppard, Brian May, Pink, the Foo, Joan Jett, Black Sabbath, YES man John Davison.....on & on. a Concert for the Ages. star-studded line-ups were stellar fr both continents! But have to say, the US show was the best.

A local guy who lives to be at gigs.

Thanks,. You take care too.

Thanks for watching and your lovely comment. Did you know that RUclips gives you the ability to speed up videos? In the bottom left hand corner of the video you will see a cog. Click on that and then change the Playback Speed from Normal to 2 to see the video at double speed. If you want to slow something down you can use Playback Speed to play through the video in slow motion.

Thanks for liking the video. Wherever possible, I try to use the ambient sound, but, it simply wasn't possible for this video. If you don't like the music, just mute it. <3

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They are beautiful. We are so lucky to have the bay.

You're right, it is such a magical time of year.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Yes, we are so lucky to be able to enjoy it.

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!

Thank you for the compliment and for watching! Your videos are amazing.

@@Eclectickle Thank you!

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Thanks for your comment. That's all the footage I have from this event, but, I'll try to get some more next time I see her out.

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Thanks for asking. I'd be very happy and honoured for you to use the audio of the vintage vehicles in my videos in Simutrans in exchange for a credit. Can you please also include a link to Jurby Transport Museum and to Isle of Man Railways who own most of the vehicles. Thanks.

That is very kind, thank you. I will put the links into the "With special thanks to" section, although because the game uses a very old (circa 1990s) codebase, they will not be clickable, I am afraid. I will also put them in the credits text file. Thank you again.

That would be perfect. Thanks.

Thank you! :-)

The history of the clock is fascinating. The website mentioned in the description ( castlerushenclockconservation.blogspot.com/) will provide you with the information you are looking for in far more detail than I can put on RUclips.

As I understand it, many of the old verge escapements were refitted with pendulums, their being more accurate. They mention that the timber at the base of the clock has scarring from the foliot, so that makes sense. Good catch. Great answer from the video host. Thank you for your video. Educational!

Many older clocks were converted to use pendulums after they were invented, so it was probably added to the original mechanism at a later date.