IOMONLINE report that there is presently a search for opinions as to who the greatest Manxman ever there was ...

Has anyone any ideas, and has it to be a MAN ??

Surely we can find a suitable candidate

any of the lads that race at jurby airfield in the rain
lol

...and lasses thank you very much!!

Robert McAleer, Mine Host at The Creek in Peel is my nomination for this honour.His cheery welcome every year is truly heartwarming,and the superlative quality of his fine ales leave other licensees stuggling to match his exacting standards,Just ask Rosie at the Sulby Glen....

Oh! Oh! and meaouw said the manx cat!

ian asks for the greatest manxMAN thankyou very much

Hmmm..I think I need to have a word with Kim.....

I would like to nominate the late Peter Kneale.

actually he asked did it HAVE to be a man, and besides, I didn't mean to be taken quite so seriously.

o well you have stared something now havent you ?
i can see in 10 years time the isle of man being called the "isle of mixed gender" lmao
and by the way helen all this was kims idea but please dont tell her ive posted this lmao

To avoid accusations of sexism, could I suggest that the greatest Manxman ever was the 250cc four-valve Excelsior of, I think, 1936/7?

Nice one larry but if you want to see Exelsior Manxman etc i strongly advise you to purchase the historic videos which the Wirral 100 distribute, Oulton in the 50s etc and those outfits mindbending viewing from the good old days.

Hey, Pykey, you on commission?
Just got my TT DVD and been watching it....stopped listening after 5 minutes....pair of prats watching a film and commenting on it...not even an attempt "be there". Turn off the sound and it improves radically....lots of lovely lovely sidecars......
Should have my Southern100 video soon...then I am locking the door, turning up the heating, phoning in sick till March, and just watching them...

Helen you will love these videos as they are from the archives, but no i am not on commision just like value for money and they take me back to my youth[ no comments] but some were made without sound no Mickey Mouse commentators to annoy you Helen xxxxxxx

Love it, great sense of humour although i thought it was a 350, but stand to be corrected, did they take some pushing!

There were 250s and 350s, but the 250 was the much more successful in its class.

Well said Carollyn!!!
Not that I'd race ther!!!! yet!!

Why? Is that just coz u just moved over there Gail? Or because its for the big boys? lmao

Greatest manx man ,easy,MR OKELL. Cheers barnesie.