woolley Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yes. I suppose we should see the finished article before jumping to the feared conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yes. I suppose we should see the finished article before jumping to the feared conclusion. Same here, but I personally would have liked it to stay oldy worldy without the modern twist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yes. I suppose we should see the finished article before jumping to the feared conclusion. I've heard a figure of about £700,000 for this pointless vanity project. If that figure is true then the only fair conclusion is we've been had over yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 The Laxey version of 50 shades of Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestedman Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Ye Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de plume Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I think it looks clean, modern & will suit the high speed team network the Island needs once these ridiculous steam trains, horse trams & MER bone shakers are ****ed off for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 we are talking 50 quid per slab here....a fool and our money are soon parted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Thanks for the memories evoked by the old pics, Manxy. Now lost forever. Where do we get these arseholes from....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentbob Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 We import them, like the granite.How Longworth is still in a job I will never know, my left testicle knows more about how to run the Island's transport than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I only wish that I had shares in this granite slabs company. Apparently the whole Island is to be covered by it. We're sunk, and even Phil Gawne's rock armour cannot save us. https://www.gov.im/media/1340517/regeneration_e-news_august_2014.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey boy Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 We import them, like the granite. How Longworth is still in a job I will never know, my left testicle knows more about how to run the Island's transport than him. What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Hideous. But worse than that, the whole attraction of things like the MER is the package, not just a few antiquated electric trams, it's the stations and their being an anachronism and that is what should be maintained. What has been done to Laxey station, IMO the gem of the whole MER system, is nothing short of vandalism by fools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub3 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 If I was a skeptic I would be of the opinion that this type of work is keeping local construction firms, in work sort of like the old winter work schemes we used to have, however if a little forethought and imagination had gone into this project we could have actually helped the local economy out a lot more by sourcing the stone from local Quarry's as I know at least four that could supply a good quality material to make flagstones equal if not better than the cheap and tacky looking rubbish they have used. I personally think that this is a disgrace that we wipe out Manx history for a piece of Chinese granite that looks to be frank dreadful. I am hoping that before they commence work in Peel someone will take on board my thoughts and perhaps ask the local industry for some input before awarding large contracts to off island companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 We import them, like the granite. How Longworth is still in a job I will never know, my left testicle knows more about how to run the Island's transport than him. What he said.What he said he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Hideous. But worse than that, the whole attraction of things like the MER is the package, not just a few antiquated electric trams, it's the stations and their being an anachronism and that is what should be maintained. What has been done to Laxey station, IMO the gem of the whole MER system, is nothing short of vandalism by fools. I don't think I've ever agreed with anything you've ever posted on here before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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