they were sure in a rush to remove the real chimneys from public sector housing in castletown when they were moving everyone on to gas whether they liked it or not.
we were told it had twice the passenger capacity of the ben but only 20% more vehicle capacity , i asked earlier in the thread about this because there are not many foot passengers so what is the point of more passenger capacity than vehicle occupants.
but you have to balance stress with having umpteen weeks off a year so putting up with a few junior shit heads to be able to have lots of time off is the equation.
i remember when they had their own shop in ramsey and i would guess at one point they had shops in other towns too. do i remember correctly that there was one in strand street at some point ? they did have one in the shops between the villa and gaiety too as well as the one still going on the terrace.
back in my day i can only recall having a stand in teacher twice in all my years at high school , these days everyone takes sick days because they can't be arsed dealing with the little darlings.