forestboy Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, SleepyJoe said: Eden North project coming up in Morecambe in 2024 - IOM tourism may well be effected by this What tourism? It’s in total decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 500,000 visitors by 2032 - Dr Allinson instigated planning for this as DfE Minister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code99 Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 2 hours ago, P.K. said: From today's Grauniad: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/24/1973-summerland-leisure-centre-fire-isle-of-man-survivors From reading this article I have concluded that: The building itself was inherently dangerous by design and it seems that the approvals process was to some extent fraudulent and negligent. The fact that no person in a position of responsibility was ever held to account is an appalling miscarriage of justice which still haunts the Island today. IMHO, the culture of deflect, delay and deny is still alive and well as is evident in Dr Ranson's case. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 1 hour ago, SleepyJoe said: 500,000 visitors by 2032 - Dr Allinson instigated planning for this as DfE Minister The Prom will be finished by then....that's going to be the draw.... 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, forestboy said: What tourism? It’s in total decline. The picture of the new Eden Project in Morecambe is what most people believe a biosphere to be. Edited September 24, 2022 by Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 6 hours ago, SleepyJoe said: Eden North project coming up in Morecambe in 2024 - IOM tourism may well be effected by this What, people so bored with looking at a load of old plants may find their way to Heysham and slip over for a few days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 5 hours ago, code99 said: From reading this article I have concluded that: The building itself was inherently dangerous by design and it seems that the approvals process was to some extent fraudulent and negligent. The fact that no person in a position of responsibility was ever held to account is an appalling miscarriage of justice which still haunts the Island today. IMHO, the culture of deflect, delay and deny is still alive and well as is evident in Dr Ranson's case. I believe it was Douglas Corporation who changed their by-laws to allow the use of flammable Oroglass? It's actually unbelievable and nothing to do with hindsight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 35 minutes ago, Max Power said: What, people so bored with looking at a load of old plants may find their way to Heysham and slip over for a few days? The very opposite, potential tourists may find a sojourn to Eden North & Centre Parc Whinfell Forest much more enticing attractions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) There's always the 80 miles of sea travel to make such a junction financially untenable? I wish it wasn't but it is a major factor? We have to court people who are willing to come to the Island for whatever reason rather than those who can be dragged screaming from their English attractions to deviate for an Island trip??? Edited September 24, 2022 by Kopek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) Up until the mid 1980s one of the attractions that made Isle of Man different, and had done for 70 or so years, was all day drinking ie afternoon drinking. England pubs opened lunchtime and closed in the afternoon since World War 1. That and the significantly cheaper drink and larger shot measures. So IoM government had the bright idea of bringing in so-called 24 hour licensing, thinking that would put us up a notch from UK. Well it didn't. Not one bit, and was effectively a load of bollocks. As was the uncalled for "votes for 16-year-olds" - another cheap gimmick. It does however, mean we now have noisey drunken and coked up little fuckers marauding the streets at 3:00 - 4:00 am every weekend. And that is going to attract no-one to the Isle of Man, except noisey drunken and coked up little fuckers from UK, but hey, UK has that anyway now, so why did we bother? Edited September 24, 2022 by AOR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxfisherman Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Remember, drinking to excess is fine before midnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 57 minutes ago, AOR said: Up until the mid 1980s one of the attractions that made Isle of Man different, and had done for 70 or so years, was all day drinking ie afternoon drinking. England pubs opened lunchtime and closed in the afternoon since World War 1. That and the significantly cheaper drink and larger shot measures. So IoM government had the bright idea of bringing in so-called 24 hour licensing, thinking that would put us up a notch from UK. Well it didn't. Not one bit, and was effectively a load of bollocks. As was the uncalled for "votes for 16-year-olds" - another cheap gimmick. It does however, mean we now have noisey drunken and coked up little fuckers marauding the streets at 3:00 - 4:00 am every weekend. And that is going to attract no-one to the Isle of Man, except noisey drunken and coked up little fuckers from UK, but hey, UK has that anyway now, so why did we bother? Jeez, still banging on about late drinkers. Seems no thread is safe from Grandma and her pet whinge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, The Bastard said: Jeez, still banging on about late drinkers. Seems no thread is safe from Grandma and her pet whinge. I'll stop when it stops. Same again this morning at 4:00am. Sunday. #tripadvisor #DouglasLateNightPissheads #MoreLikelyCocaineThough Edited September 25, 2022 by AOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 16 hours ago, AOR said: So IoM government had the bright idea of bringing in so-called 24 hour licensing, thinking that would put us up a notch from UK. Well it didn't. Not one bit, and was effectively a load of bollocks. As was the uncalled for "votes for 16-year-olds" - another cheap gimmick. It does however, mean we now have noisey drunken and coked up little fuckers marauding the streets at 3:00 - 4:00 am every weekend. And that is going to attract no-one to the Isle of Man, except noisey drunken and coked up little fuckers from UK, but hey, UK has that anyway now, so why did we bother? The UK has effectively had 24 hour drinking for decades now, so I doubt we would have remained untouched, even if we hadn't been early adopters. But obviously if you let these young people out of the house to vote, they're going to start getting drunk and coked-up. Democracy is obviously a gateway drug. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Roger Mexico said: Democracy is obviously a gateway drug. As I said - as with votes for 16-year-olds, I don't know of anybody who was asking for 3:30am drinking licenses. Maybe Jaks and 1886 were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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