Shake me up Judy Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Hope it's not another Crooked House (Insert pun here). Fine house back in the day. Be a shame to lose another in that area after the old Home Affairs building was bulldozed for development. Anybody got the history on it before Trevor bought it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Just now, Shake me up Judy said: Hope it's not another Crooked House (Insert pun here). Fine house back in the day. Be a shame to lose another in that area after the old Home Affairs building was bulldozed for development. Anybody got the history on it before Trevor bought it ? My Gran owned it from some time in the 40s/50s until the 60s, I think. ( I just know my Mum spent some of her teenage years there). It was called Woodside then. Used to play there in the garden which included where the Mormon Temple is now. The terrace of houses to the south is called Woodside Terrace, I think, so can only think that it's origins were quite grand. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Helmut Fromage Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 It reminds me of the “stocktake” at The Book Centre in Strand St. Who owned that 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Two-lane said: Was that not Ramsey? And it was a parrot? Yes, I think that was the original. Took the parrot out for a run in the car and while they were away the hotel burned down. Can't remember any more than that but no doubt someone will be along shortly to tell us the name of the hotel, the year, the owner, and what breed the parrot was. Edited August 11, 2023 by Roxanne to spell hotel properly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Hahahaha amazing. This was a topic of conversation earlier today with the crooked house in the news. We'd decided that Africa house was the second most likely place to go up in flames. Clearly we were wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Roxanne said: Yes, I think that was the original. Took the parrot out for a run in the car and while they were away the hotel burned down. Can't remember any more than that but no doubt someone will be along shortly to tell us the name of the hotel, the year, the owner, and what breed the parrot was. Was it The Queen's on Stanley Mount ? There was another one in Ramsey around the same time that I've forgotten the name of. There was a local joke that they played a cricket match afterwards to decide who kept the ashes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Helmut Fromage Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said: Was it The Queen's on Stanley Mount ? There was another one in Ramsey around the same time that I've forgotten the name of. There was a local joke that they played a cricket match afterwards to decide who kept the ashes. Golf Links at Castletown would have been my bet - bit like the “Waiting for God” sweep at The Woody years ago - bloke had Mother Theresa for years pot was about £500 and Princess Di beat her by a week - he’s still mad about it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I doesn't seem to be a registered building, but it is part of the Woodbourne Road Conservation Area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightening McQueen Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Portugal, Hawaii, now Africa. Global warming has a lot to answer for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Bugger. There’s a shit load of decent cut wood in the front garden I was thinking of nicking one night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Roxanne said: Yes, I think that was the original. Took the parrot out for a run in the car and while they were away the hotel burned down. Can't remember any more than that but no doubt someone will be along shortly to tell us the name of the hotel, the year, the owner, and what breed the parrot was. Queen's Hotel, Spring 1983, a Scottish guy (I think) and his family who was the owner/landlord at the time and it was definitely a budgie. I sat on the seawall opposite with dozens of others watching Ramsey Fire Brigade (aka Trumpton) trying to get in by axeing their way through the locked front door, the fire had a good hold and had spread by the time they'd achieved it. The earlier one might have been the Talk of the Town on the north Promenade, that was New Year's Eve either 1979 or 1980, memory is fading a bit. Claimed dodgy wiring IIRC. Edited August 11, 2023 by Non-Believer extra bit 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian rush Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Wisebuys on bucks road opposite The Islander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADELE Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 The Tholty Wyll was another the owners were out a Sunday as I remember they had taken the Alsatian for a run in the car. The fire at Africa House is burning fiercely the roof has taken hold and the flames are high, this wind will be giving the Fire Brigade a hard time pictures on FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Fires always start on their own of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, TheTeapot said: Hahahaha amazing. This was a topic of conversation earlier today with the crooked house in the news. We'd decided that Africa house was the second most likely place to go up in flames. Clearly we were wrong. what was your most likely place ?? newsons ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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