paul's got wright Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Donald Trumps said: Winston Churchill swam there! Any pictures of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parchedpeas Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 22 hours ago, Donald Trumps said: Winston Churchill swam there! Is it possible his "We shall fight them on the beaches" speech was about the Tampon Invasion of North Ramsey Beach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 11 hours ago, finlo said: Exactly Dilli, not knocking this particular scheme plenty of past schemes were never for the betterment of the town just get rich quick deals for those proposing them. Including demolishing what was half the town in the late 60s? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallaDoc Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Yes, that particular decision shifted the centre of gravity of the town up towards the north end and contributed to the decline of Queen's Pier, which was left as a "stranded asset" in a part of the town where hardly anybody now went. Queen's Pier used to feed directly into what used to be Ramsey town centre with all the sleazy pubs, sailors' and fishermen's lodgings, boarding houses, small shops and all the things one would expect from a small port. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 13 hours ago, woolley said: It's simple. Every proposal for advancement in Ramsey since 1975 has been told to feck off. There has been the odd exception where they've argued about it for a few years - before fecking it off. Never told Lucian and Leslie to feck off in the early 1970s though. Should have done, but on the Isle of Man money not only talks it shuts people the fuck up. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: Including demolishing what was half the town in the late 60s? More-or-less a slum? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: More-or-less a slum? One man's slum is another man's Beverley Hills 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 If the promoters of this scheme do not get the necessary investment then, as you say, it will not happen but I do no think it should be dismissed out of hand getting investors is their problem. Nothing will be lost by giving them the chance to make this work as long as the Government do not get involved sit back and watch with interest, you never know what will be successful or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 54 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: One man's slum is another man's Beverley Hills The money men came in and cleared it and put in a multi-storey, ie. their vision of...making more money. These guys didn't make money through sympathetic architecture or empathy with their surroundings. But on the Isle of Man if someone has made it rich it is assumed they have made it rich because they are wonderful at anything and anything. No questions asked. A bank manager told me "never ask a millionaire where they got their first thousand from". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Wilf from Ramsey currently on the moaning line incandescent with rage about the 21st Century visiting Ramsey. Same as last time. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Well here's C19th Century Ramsey: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, gettafa said: Well here's C19th Century Ramsey: It was looking good before the St Paul’s complex then. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 This before Mooragh Park of course. The lake of which was supposed to be in the shape of the Isle of Man but I have never been convinced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 minute ago, gettafa said: This before Mooragh Park of course. The lake of which was supposed to be in the shape of the Isle of Man but I have never been convinced. Which is just bollocks. Great playground in the summer of the 60's and early 70's... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 50 minutes ago, gettafa said: The money men came in and cleared it and put in a multi-storey, ie. their vision of...making more money. These guys didn't make money through sympathetic architecture or empathy with their surroundings. But on the Isle of Man if someone has made it rich it is assumed they have made it rich because they are wonderful at anything and anything. No questions asked. A bank manager told me "never ask a millionaire where they got their first thousand from". In the late 60's there wasn't much money about. There's a report which is probably in the museum which describes the very poor state of South Ramsey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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