Antiques Road Trip visited Tynwald

Thursday, 28 April 2022 08:36

By Meg Walker

Crew from BBC Antiques Road Trip visited Tynwald over the weekend.

President Laurence Skelly shared the history of Tynwald, with the Sword of State on display.

It's one of the earliest objects to associate the three legs with the Isle of Man.

The show will be broadcast on BBC later in the year.

The BBC Antiques Road Trip crew visited #Tynwald at the weekend with President Skelly sharing the history of Tynwald.
The Sword of State was on display as one of the earliest objects to associate the #threelegs ???? with the #IsleofMan #IOM
(The show will be broadcast in Aug/Sept) pic.twitter.com/GPis34L99O
— Tynwald - the parliament of the Isle of Man (@tynwaldinfo) April 27, 2022

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