D-Day 80th to be marked with bagpipes

The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings will be celebrated across the Island with 10 days of bagpipes.

Between May 28 and June 6, ‘Highland Laddie’ will play out from 8am at various locations as a countdown to the day.

It’s the final part of an 80-day countdown across different regions of the UK and British Crown Dependencies.

Speaking to 3FM, piper Alistair Lothian is one of the six bagpipers who will be heard on-Island:

LOCATIONS:

28th May - Alistair Lothian, Laxey Rose Gardens

29th May - John Struthers, Douglas Head 

30th May - John Struthers, Douglas Head 

31st May - Sheila Quaggin, Port Soderick, Heroes on the Water

1st June - Alistair Lothian, Parliament Square, Ramsey

2nd June - John Shakespeare, Peel Castle 

3rd June - Jane Falconer, Onchan Head

4th June - Jane Falconer, Douglas War Memorial

5th June - Fiona Hill, Jurby Church war graves

6th June - Alistair Lothian, The National War Memorial, at St John’s