Photos capture Island's tourism heyday

Manx National Heritage is offering a taste of summer - with the release of a thousand new photos from the Isle of Man's tourism heyday.

The digital exhibition, called This Is Summer, features a huge range of press photographs from the MNH archive.

Covering the 1950s, 60s and 70s, they're hoping people will be able to tell them more about the images.

The website gives people the chance to share the pictures on social media - and comment on them on the iMuseum website.

The photographs capture many holiday locations including the Villa Marina Gardens, outdoor lidos, and Palace Ballroom.

Some of the events covered in the exhibition are Douglas Carnival, the Peel Viking Festival, Miss Isle of Man, and the Rolling Stones playing in Douglas.

The photos come from Manx Press Pictures and Peters Photography Ltd which supplied the Examiner and the Isle of Man Times newspapers.

As well as the exhibition, MNH says it hopes to feature some of the stories it uncovers in a display at the House of Manannan next May.