Tommy Crowe remembers the days when every boat heading to the Isle Of Man was “littered” with Scousers.
If they weren’t part of the ship’s staff, he says they were making the journey across for a long weekend - or to lay down new roots on the Isle, right in the heart of the Irish Sea. He says it was this way all throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Mr Crowe, 59, started working on the Steam Packet boats going to and from the Isle in 1979. Come 1986 he took the plunge and moved across to the Isle and hasn’t looked back since - except for every other weekend of the football season.
