2112 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I saw this - another little gem - and airtime given to the pet subjects on the Nations Propoganda Mouthpiece. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/will-a-built-heritage-audit-happen-on-time/ Yes very admirable but in all, hardly a priority. It also gives a level of thinking as to some of these MLCs. We have a huge list according to the keyboard warriors on IOMNP Facebook of problems affecting the island, Buggy’s on the Bus, Poverty, Nonces and Nonce Finder General, Teachers Salaries etc etc. Its nice to know that these politicos have our best interests at heart, but it seems some treat politics like a box of chocolates - eat what they like and discard the rest. Should a useless but maybe historical building appear, and it’s ripe for redevelopment, it would be nice that our politicos support the principles of jobs, regeneration and improving the local community - as opposed to registering buildings, watching them decay and stifling positive opportunities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 No big surprise, Marlene used to be the Island's Building Conservation Officer so it is something that she is generally interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Who the harry hill is Marlene Maska? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Neil Down said: Who the harry hill is Marlene Maska? Probably better known by her previous married name - Marlene Hendy http://www.tynwald.org.im/memoff/member/Pages/MaskaMM.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 minute ago, mojomonkey said: Probably better known by her previous married name - Marlene Hendy http://www.tynwald.org.im/memoff/member/Pages/MaskaMM.aspx Didn't know of her then either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Neil Down said: Didn't know of her then either... Not a big Mannin Folk fan then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 i can't hear marlene in my head without it sounding like boycie narrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On The Bus Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Why would government do this? Isn't a heritage audit something for Culture Vannin or one of those other namby-pamby taxpayer-funded quangos to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 33 minutes ago, On The Bus said: Why would government do this? Isn't a heritage audit something for Culture Vannin or one of those other namby-pamby taxpayer-funded quangos to do? The Government has a statutory requirement to protect the Island's historic built environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I found out recently that Port Erin Promenade has been in a Proposed Conservation Area for the last fifteen years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 There's far too much of the Island's built heritage that's been neglected to the point that it's no longer viable as heritage. If this stuff was classed as heritage it should have been maintained. Which is how we've now got so much run down stuff that is fit only for demolition (yet still heritage bods insist that we should keep it), and so much arguing about its futures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Just now, Non-Believer said: There's far too much of the Island's built heritage that's been neglected to the point that it's no longer viable as heritage. If this stuff was classed as heritage it should have been maintained. Which is how we've now got so much run down stuff that is fit only for demolition (yet still heritage bods insist that we should keep it), and so much arguing about its futures. But if you take that viewpoint, then the incentive is to let interesting and characterful buildings, that should be be kept and used, decay in as publicly a way as possible, so that developers can do whatever they want. So we lose out both by the loss of the buildings and by being forced to watch them decaying and degrading the urban landscape. Of course even if they get planning permission they may well keep them like that for financial reasons. The truth is that by endless bowing to the whims of developers, the government has not only made the Island look a lot worse it has even served development badly. Because if you allow developers to turn a place into a shithole, no one will want to live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On The Bus Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 There's literally no way everything 'heritage' can be kept. Nor should it. Some people just want to throw bubble wrap over everything and preserve it in aspic. That just can't happen. I'm all for cataloguing them, but if they don't serve a purpose pull them down and let's get some brownfield developments up and running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Other than the Baillie-Scott Majestic (itself badly renovated with unsightly extensions), I can't think of much architecture of significance that we've lost in recent decades A good deal of building work on the island was shoddy, to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 35 minutes ago, Donald Trumps said: Other than the Baillie-Scott Majestic (itself badly renovated with unsightly extensions), I can't think of much architecture of significance that we've lost in recent decades A good deal of building work on the island was shoddy, to say the least the castle mona is lost in all but demolition, the villiers, the lido, maybe more than 10 years ago but lots of the good stuff has gone because it wasn't used enough. anything over 50 years old now gets the preservation tossers out in force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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