Mary - Not quite on thr thread - but, today and for the following few days, my brother, Richard Draper is fishing off Vancouver Island. Our mother, born Margaret Callin, now 86, was born in Douglas in 1919, but left for England in 1944. We are all interested in all things Manx.
He is with Sailcone - at Coastal Springs Fishing Lodge - email coastalsprings@telus.net, tel 001 250 338 4727.

Paul Draper