The Stationary Willberries - "Laxey Wheel" - Laxey, Isle of Man
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The Waterwheel of the Great Laxey Mine was the inspiration for this song composed by Stuart Slack who is memorialised by a bench on Mines Road in Laxey.
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Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 01/13/2019
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The Waterwheel of the Great Laxey Mine, "Lady Isabella", was the inspiration for this song composed by Stuart Slack who is memorialised by a bench on Mines Road in Laxey. (
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The chorus of the song is reproduced below:
'And the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning,
In Lady Isabella's memory,
And while the water flows
The Laxey Wheel still goes
And the Laxey river runs down to the sea.'
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Stuart Slack was a Cyclist and Songwriter. He won a Bronze Medal Winner in the Cycling Road Race at the 1958 Empire & Commonwealth Games.
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