Manx Craft Guild These dedicated practitioners, promote handicrafts and skills, across the Island. They hold events and a regular Craft Market in Regent Street, Douglas. They contribute to the Agricultural Fairs, the Island at War Event and the Little People’s Picnic. Read More
Manx Deaf Society Somerset Road, Douglas, IM2 5AD Founded in the 1920s to help support those deaf or hard of hearing. Read More
Manx Decaf Manx Decaf meet regularly around the Island, offering a chance to get together and socialise. The coffee gatherings, are a relaxed environment offering information and support for those with, and those caring for, people with dementia. Dementia is most commonly associated with memory loss but includes a much larger scope of cognitive confusion. Read More
Manx Detectorist Society Peel Manx Legion , 6 Douglas Street, Peel , IM5 1BA The combination of the Island’s beautiful landscape with its rich culture means that it is a very popular place for detectorists. Some very exciting finds have been discovered this way including Paul Robert’s Bronze Age Sword in 2017 and Gordon Graham’s Medieval Silver Ring in 2018. They meet at the Manx Legion in Peel. Read More
Manx Electric Railway Society Formed in 1973 to protect, promote and retain the development of the Manx Electric Railway and other Manx tramways. Their own publication is the “Manx Transport Review”. The society organised the 1993 “Year of Railways” to mark the centenary of the MER and are behind the very successful series of events which have followed and […] Read More
Manx Fish Producers Organisation The Heritage Centre, The Quay, Peel, IM5 1TA The organisation was established in 2003 having taken over from the Isle of Man Fishermen’s Association, which started as a fisheries pressure group and chandlery in the mid 1970s. The reason for the change in name was largely to reflect the change in status of the organisation which now includes the management of fish quotas. […] Read More
