Uhtred 10,826 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 My friend commented this afternoon that the station has lost its Victorian charm and is now "a sterile wasteland merging the worst of container depot ambience amid soulless corporate HQ groundworks". Oddly poetic but sadly dead right. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trueblood 200 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Very grey. The paving really clashes with the furniture and building. Looks awful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j2bad 896 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Is it actually finished? I drove past yesterday, and it still looked like a work in progress. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock 12,059 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Still working on it I heard...ready for TT they said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woolley 19,199 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Still working on it I heard...ready for TT they said. Diverting it are they? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fossils 573 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 If the slabs had been square they could have held the Laxey Giant Chess World Championships. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the stinking enigma 11,865 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 My friend commented this afternoon that the station has lost its Victorian charm and is now "a sterile wasteland merging the worst of container depot ambience amid soulless corporate HQ groundworks". Oddly poetic but sadly dead right. beautifully poetic ...any chance your friend could make this a regular feature on other island regeneration projects? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny F 173 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 just been down to the station, it looks brilliant. What a fantastic boost for the village. Remember its not all about the MER, it will benefit Laxey residents and the accessibility for all is vastly improved day and night. Well done to all the Laxey residents who took part in the consultation process and well done Steve Rodan for getting it done. To those that don't like it, do any of you live in Laxey? or have any particular skills or qualifications in urban regeneration? Taste is a very personal thing but tidying up the shitty old station was well overdue and the other improvements are great too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yee haa yessir! 155 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Some people need to move with the times, it's not as if they have tossed a listed building! I think it's a great improvement 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quilp 11,306 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 This obsession with Victorian Charm.... I believe it to have been the club-foot of progress in our tourism industry. The reliance on it, a false sense of security which induced a malaise in financial investment and imaginative forethought. Even in this modern age, the tax-payer invests money sustaining it, whether it loses money or not. Quaint it may well be, interesting for the (probably dwindling) holidaying-enthusiast's, but holding no great mass-appeal. Losing some of what remains is no big deal. The station looks neat and tidy. Probably meets all the Health and Safety requirements too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sarahc 714 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I didn't know Tarmac was Victorian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IOMRS97 552 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Just about - 1901 I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flubbergump 189 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Why? Half the charm of the bloody place was the grassy, sit-and-have-a-picnic-in-the-shade area around the station. Laxey needs modernisation in that area like Alan Bell needs a more generous pension pot. FFS! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fossils 573 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Welcome to Laxey Twinned with Everyothergreyarea. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manxy 1,478 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Like it or not, I'd say that the granite blocks are here to stay unless someone knows different? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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