SUPPLEMENT III THE IVANHOE


LOCH PROMENADE, DOUGLAS. Telephone: Douglas 6980


. NON LICENSED OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND


Bed and Breakfast off season only. Full Board available from Easter. Catering under the personal supervision of the Proprietor and special diets catered for on request.


Packed lunches available.


The Proprietrix assures you of personal comfort and cleanliness. Shaver plugs and Hot and Cold in all rooms. Baby sitting service.


Terms from 28/- All enquiries dealt with promptly Resident Proprietors: DONALD and MYRA MITCHELL


‘HAZELWOOD’


CENTRAL PROMENADE DOUGLAS


Telephone: Douglas 21563 “NOT for me,’* she said. “Motor cycles and ton-up


TT motor-cycle racing during four days each June and of the Manx Grand Prix event staged on two days in September. Six days of racing, to which one should add a few days for practice sessions, out of a season


lasting from early May until late September. For the rest of the season’s 140


days, the Isle of Man is what you want to make it, and its appeal to woman is undeniable. A friend of mine summed up her holiday requirements like this — “A place which provides quiet and occasional solitude; beaches on which to laze; inns of character in which to drink; places in which to dance; a theatre for a once-in-a-holiday show; good food with adequate restaurants for dining out — and, of course, places to buy things, shops.” Well, from the Point of Ayre


those who boast they know their homeland from A to Z could give* me a reliable estimate. They are there in abundance.


with its candy-striped lighthouse in the north to Chicken Rock, just off the Calf of Man in the south, this island of 230 square miles, has verdant glens and picturesque plains; a mountain and 30 rolling hills; 28 rivers and six lakes; soft sandy beaches and rugged rock based cliffs; flourishing palm trees, golden gorse, purple heather and wild-growing fuschias. It also has some of the cleanest, healthiest air in the world, to give ones lung’s a champagne-like boost. This luxuriant countryside,


dotted with white-walled, thatched cottages, and the ever-changing coastal scenery are never very far away. So much then for the need for occasional solitude. Inns? 1 have asked several


Manxmen if they know how many the island has, but not even


Quiet little places, tucked away in villages or on the highways, where you can sit and taste the local brews (and your own favourite brews), or those in the towns where you can mingle with dozens of other holidaymakers enjoying your drink with, perhaps, dancing, a cabaret or music as an accompaniment. The choice is yours.


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larger hotels and guest houses have their own entertainment


resorts has its own facilities for evening entertainment, the larger of the hotels staging dancing and cabarets, but Douglas is the centre fot the widest choice of night life. This, the capital, has ballrooms, two theatres, four cinemas, restaurants, discotheques, and bars in abundance. As at the smaller resorts, the


Laxey, Port St. Mary and Glen Helen, provide accommodation at prices ranging from £6 9s. for bed and breakfast to £11 7s. with evening meal. Each of the island’s eight


Some of the island inns, at


boys are all very well in their way, but they are not a part of my holiday scene.” One woman voicing, perhaps, the immediate impression of some women when they are considering a holiday on the Isle of Man. It> is an impression created by over 60 years of the


facilities which are open to non-residents. One of the dining-out evenings


of


1 enjoyed was at the Crows Nest Restaurant, high over the modern sea terminal. Here one dines in a


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circular restaurant with each window at the different points of the compass — and each table gives its own compass direction — overlooking superb views of the coast and the hills surrounding the town. An astonishingly varied menu and wine list, and first-class service, made this a ' most pleasurable experience, reasonable cost.


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through-the-night night out, there is the Casino, - holding a commanding position almost dead, centre in the crescent-shaped promenade, flanked on one side by Douglas Head and the arrival point for steamers, and on the other by soaring Onchan Head with the waves breaking at the foot of the cliffs. For a moderate charge you can become a member


For those wanting a


by Jay Peters. ★


contemporary gambling room, ballroom, cabaret and restaurants arid, if you wish, dance or gamble until dawn breaks over the magnificent bay outside.


the Casino, with, its


Fully Licensed for Guests. Private Lawn. Front Lounge overlooking Douglas Bay.


All Rooms Hot and Cold water, Spring Interiors, Yale Locks, Shaving Points.


off-beat buys such as the Tynwald Mills, St..Johns, where one can select some of the finest tweeds and most exquisite woollens in the United Kingdom from an array as colourful and as varied as Manxland itself. At Ramsey there arc potteries where you can watch your purchases actually being made; and, for animal lovers, Douglas has the Cattery, in Nobles Park, where specially-bred Manx kittens will gambol and play to make your choice of one to take home extremely difficult. Another facet of the Isle of


extensive range. There are also places for


The finest views of the island are yours from a. . .


dedicated dancer. In May, the Tourist Board stages a Modern Dance Festival, with dancing i.i the morning, afternoon and evening at package-deal prices from £10 3s. 6d. for an adult and £7 5s. 6d. for a child, for four days. In August ' there is an


T here are special events for the


Man is its reasonable charges and complete lack of


exploitation. Accommodation charges are among the lowest in the British Isles; petrol is slightly cheaper; and tots of spirits are larger for the same prices as in the


tourist


.addition to the dancing sessions. There is also, during the


International Old-Time Dance Festival Week, from £13 all in. Again, there is dancing from morning to night, and the prices i n c l u d e * r e t ur n travel, accommodation, a coach tour, and a celebrity concert in


holiday season, open air dancing in the beautiful gardens of the ruins of Rushen Abbey.


'Road Services' COACH or BUS


return from Llandudno; 80s. from Liverpool, Heysham, Belfast or Dublin, and 85s. from Ardrossan, with car charges from £5, depending on the length of thq> vehicle, half-fares for children under 14, and free travel for those under three. The air-minded can travel from


UK. To go by sea costs 62s. 6d.


I.O.M. Road Services a r e :— UNITED NEWSPAPERS — O.A.P. HOLIDAY ASSOCIATES


resorts - Douglas, Fort St. Mary,' Port Erin, Castletown, Ramsey, Peel, Laxey and Onchan — has its own shopping facilities, with, of course, Douglas having the most


End oj the island's eight


any one of sixteen main centres in the United Kingdom or Eire, though none of these services carry cars. All in all, therefore, it strikes


Write:—


me that “Man’s Appeal for Woman” is a highly competitive one, and the fact that 1968 took the highest total of visitors there for seven years seems to


emphasise this.


P.O. Box 30, Douglas, I.O.M. —or Phone DOUGLAS 3464


Full Service provided. Cars to meet Boat or ’Plane. All cars tested by Licensing authorities. Everything is done to make the enjoyment of your motoring holiday complete.


Send for details :—


E. B. CHRISTIAN & CO LTD HIRE DEPT. X/2, BRIDGE GARAGE


DOUGLAS, I.O.M. Telephone Douglas 3211 j


HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Tariff from 30/- per day


Under the Personal Supervision o f : Mr. & Mrs. W. N. & A. Booth


THE ISLE OF MAN MAIN No Mileage DEALERS


FOR SELF-DRIVE HIRE ESCORTS, CORTINAS, ZEPHYRS


are you an Island person?


Ask yourself these questions. Do you liko to be never far from the sea? Do you like an abundance of sandy beaches? When you drive, do you like to complete your journey along traffic-free roads without returning by the same route? Do you liko compact, beautiful scenery? The choice of a numbor of contrasting resorts. All separated by only a few miles. If these are the things you like, thon you are certainly an island person and island people love tho Isle of Man.


There is so much to see and do. All tho variety you could wish for, welded Into an Island paradise. Tho choico of 8 resorts from Douglas, ono of Britain’s leading holiday centres with Its public Casino and gay night life, to the charm and serenity of Port Erin or Port St. Mary. Island people have wonderful holidays in the Isle of Man. Write for the island’s colour-packed brochure it can tell you so much more. iN.Q.BOnd, Tourist Board, Douglas IOM, that’s all you need to do.


‘Join the Island people T -,inther


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