Villages By The Sea

As Tasker commented on my previous post,  BBC2 is currently showing  a series called Villages By The Sea, showcasing various coastal locations around the British Isles. 

I happened to catch the recent episode about Laxey, here on the Isle of Man, when browsing the iplayer options on my Samsung tablet.

Although much of the information was already familiar to me I did learn some new interesting facts about Laxey's history and mining heritage and it was amusing to watch the presenter enthusing about the local attractions we take for granted. 

It was an enjoyable way to pass a dark and rainy evening.

There are several other locations visited in the course of the series  but if anyone is interested in seeing our local Village By The Sea  here is a link to the episode...

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001bw6v/villages-by-the-sea-series-3-laxey




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18 comments:

  1. northsider 7 October 2022 at 15:59

    I watched the one about Parkgate near Chester the other night. Very interesting. It mentioned the Irish emigrating to Blighty.

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  2. Tasker Dunham7 October 2022 at 17:08

    Laxey was the last in the current series, although they are all still on iPlayer. The whole series has been excellent, as have previous series (so long as you can bear the enthusiastic resenter).

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    1. JayCee7 October 2022 at 17:54

      He seems very enthusiastic, even without the sound and just subtitles.

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  3. The Weaver of Grass7 October 2022 at 17:23

    I have watched the series and found it fascinating.

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    1. JayCee7 October 2022 at 17:54

      I must take a look at some more episodes.

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  4. Tigger7 October 2022 at 17:51

    Must watch these, i see I can get a couple of series in i-player.

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  5. Yorkshire Pudding7 October 2022 at 20:05

    Thanks for the heads-up re. this programme JayCee. It very much sounds like my cup of tea.

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    1. JayCee7 October 2022 at 20:21

      It seems I am a bit late to this particular party, but I hope you enjoy the programmes YP.

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  6. Debby7 October 2022 at 23:02

    We have a series here on small towns in Pennsylvania. I think I would enjoy your series too.

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    1. JayCee8 October 2022 at 08:28

      It is interesting to see your home towns through the eyes of others.

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  7. Ellen D.8 October 2022 at 01:29

    Not available on this side of the pond as they say... :)

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  8. Coppa's girl8 October 2022 at 13:36

    A series I meant to watch but forgot all about. No doubt it will be repeated before too long, so if it's at a reasonable hour, I'll watch it. Being an hour ahead here some programmes are just too late for me, as an early riser, and I don't have iplayer.

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    1. JayCee8 October 2022 at 14:32

      There isn't usually much worth watching these days but I found this one interesting.

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  9. local alien8 October 2022 at 15:26

    I shall keep an eye out for the programme. You never know....

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