Photography – Mark Trevor Owen

The Picture of Dumbell’s Crash

I’ve long been fascinated by this photo. Taken, as I write this, exactly 125 years ago on 3rd February 1900, and about half a mile from where I sit, it shows an anxious crowd around the ominously closed doors of the freshly crashed Dumbell’s Bank in Douglas, Isle of Man. The downfall of Dumbell’s was a hugelyContinue reading “The Picture of Dumbell’s Crash”

This Is Not Bliss

Some time ago, a few friends and I were out for a hike in the north of the Isle of Man. We met in the grand sturdy village of Kirk Michael and set off on an upward ascent, towards the Northern Hills of the Island. It was a fine clear day, with sunshine powerful enoughContinue reading “This Is Not Bliss”