The photographs
below from Peel Viking Festivals in
the 1960s appear courtesy of the Leece
Museum, which retains the copyright. Please contact
Roy Baker at the Museum to purchase prints
of these images.
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| Harry Maddrell, founder member
of the Peel Vikings and one of the first Trustees.
1963 |
Roy MacDonald, founder member
of the Peel Vikings and one of the first Trustees.
Roy was MHK for Peel for many years. |
George
Cowley, founder member
of the Peel Vikings and one of the first Trustees. |
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| Ken Makin, founder
member of the Peel Vikings and one of the first
Trustees. |
Viking Chieftain
(Freddy Quirk) with a captured Celtic maiden
after the Peel Viking raid on Kilkeel, Northern
Ireland in 1962. |
Nelson Williamson,
one of the stalwarts of the Peel Vikings. |
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| The beach scene for the 1963 festival. This was
the year the Queen Mother watched the festival. |
It is said that over 15,000 people
came to watch the festival.
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Vikings
of Mann 
