Wake Up Call Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 The word on the street is that Bradda Glen has been sold for one pound to the Government. Have the Commisioners of Port Erin acted in the interest of the ratepayers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 The word on the street is that Bradda Glen has been sold for one pound to the Government. Have the Commisioners of Port Erin acted in the interest of the ratepayers? Maybe if that were confirmed as true we could debate it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Well, what are the options? Sell it commercially to find it is bought by some rich person and the glen is lost forever, leave it and the financial burden with the Commissioners or pass the buck to the central coffers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Do you mean the cafe? Or the Glen itself? If the Glen itself I don't mind, I think the upkeep has been slipping in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Do they have streets in Bradda Glen? Must be worth more than a pound if they do surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Do you mean the cafe? Or the Glen itself? Ambiguity rules on the forum, you should know that by now Declan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Bradda-Glen...d-to.3512793.jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shill Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 God their website is shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Do they have streets in Bradda Glen? Must be worth more than a pound if they do surely? I think that's just the technical way they transfer property for a nominal sum. I think the Lord Street bus station site was probably done for £1 too. Mind you central government has done nothing with that-yet. A decent bus station with a waiting room would have been an original idea. And a shuttle-bus service to the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 And here was me thinking that for a quid I could buy some prime building real estate on the Island, then I learn it's a gov transfer. I mean just imagine 3,000 houses (and a few blocks of flats ((sorry apartments))) built on a piece of land over looking Port Erin Bay. I could rich beyond my wildest dreams. Ha Ha Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Vader's not hacked your account has he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 (Old Manx Head gets onto the forum) I remember the day (It was a tuesday) my father took me down town and told me he watched as all the pubs and the houses beside the double bend on the quay got knocked flat for a bus station. Well he didn't weep over them cos he he lived on the South Quay (he'd cry now, as his house is now the car park next to ATS) That'll teach the bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake Up Call Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Burying bad news in Port Erin? It may be coincidental to have this info introduced into the public domain this week, but if you check page 47 of the Courier you will see the notice about a massive site for residential development in the village. It is the same company who handled the original tender of the Bradda Glen. The site would join the Ponyfields up with Rushen Churchyard. (Not exactly pleasing to the eye.) This area was often cited as a potential spot for a sports and recreation centre and some MHK candidates have often used this theme as a bullet in their manifesto in years gone by. I don't know if this and the transfer of Bradda Glen and this development will be good or bad for the village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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