Anniversary of Island's worst civilian air disaster marked with exhibition

A town near Bolton in Lancashire is hosting a three-week exhibition as it marks the 66th anniversary of the Island's worst civilian air disaster.

On February 27, 1958 a plane carrying members of the Manx motor trade crashed at Winter Hill near Horwich, killing 35 people.

Horwich Heritage staging an exhibition at its Heritage Centre until Thursday, February 15 - including a film made to commemorate the disaster.

On the evening of the catastrophe's anniversary, there'll also be a vigil at the crash site near the Winter Hill TV mast.