The world's longest continuously serving Parliament - we're talking about 1000 years, Tynwald, met at the House of Keys in Castletown for a long time. The building is now a museum, Tynwald having been shifted to Douglas many years ago when in became the commercial capital.
I though we were simply visiting museum displays, but were in for huge shock. We sat at the parliamentary table facing a speaker's chair which I though contained a dressed up dummy. Far from it. When the clerk of the house arrived in nineteenth century gear, we called to order and told that we would be debating important motions put before the chamber over the centuries and voting on them. Then the dummy came to life is one sense, the face lit up and an image of a face could be seen talking with lips moving appropriately as if a real person. Then the pictures on the wall came to life in turn as key people in history put their arguments before we asked to vote and our score was compared to the decision on the day. It was highly entertaining and very realistic.
So, examine the scenes inside the chamber.
AS
I though we were simply visiting museum displays, but were in for huge shock. We sat at the parliamentary table facing a speaker's chair which I though contained a dressed up dummy. Far from it. When the clerk of the house arrived in nineteenth century gear, we called to order and told that we would be debating important motions put before the chamber over the centuries and voting on them. Then the dummy came to life is one sense, the face lit up and an image of a face could be seen talking with lips moving appropriately as if a real person. Then the pictures on the wall came to life in turn as key people in history put their arguments before we asked to vote and our score was compared to the decision on the day. It was highly entertaining and very realistic.
So, examine the scenes inside the chamber.
AS
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