XAW023445 ISLE OF MAN (1949). General View, Port of Erin, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, 1949. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North.

In the 1930s, Port Erin ("Ireland's Port")was described in Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles as being a coastal village, lifeboat station and watering place, with a railway station, on Port Erin Bay, 15 and a half miles from Douglas. In earler days, Port Erin was a favoured spot for smuggling, but this was replaced by its 19th century popularity as the playground for the Lancashire mill owners and their employees. Port Erin remains a summer seaside resort of some significance, along with a flourishing Arts Centre and a Marine Biological Station established at the seaward end of the bay.