quilp Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 My ol' man always said they were away with the fairies. I wonder is that Jack Quirk driving the cab in the background..? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 ..but..but..where are all the notes and tat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Notes? The Stones didn't need notes. Not the bloody Beatles were they! Rhythm, pure rhythm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Quite an interesting area, the coffee shop on the corner was the position of the first Catholic Church in Douglas, got a fotee of that somewhere, ok if I post it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, notwell said: I think old isle of Man pictures in general are interesting. As a northerner old Rhumsaa in particular Come on now Notty, that's not fair. He may have lost his boyish looks, but to call him old is not quite cricket fella. Edited August 18, 2017 by dilligaf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Before I head to kip, the Catholic Chapel is centre, the end of Athol St but the new St Marys is seen above, The Keys are visible upper right but the Legislative Building yet to be built. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 This is the best thread in months. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 23 hours ago, Shake me up Judy said: Great photos Mollag. Good stuff this. I was thinking it was quite a size by the first pic of the demolition. It was before my time I'm afraid but I'm fascinated by old Douglas. Anything in partic that you like? I have a large portfoilio, or so the ladies tell me [well one did] This shot is my Great Grandfathers Barber shop on North Quay, Douglas, next to the Coffee Palace. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 When did he close mollag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 (edited) I heard it was when he lost his son James in 1916, deja vu like, he died in, what is now Iraq fighting "The Turk", buried in Basra. Edited August 19, 2017 by mollag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Nice one Mollag. If it's not a daft question what are all those pictures(?) in the window ? I particularly like pictures of old pubs / hotels. Anything really though....much appreciated. The story of your relative really adds poignancy to the photo too. Thanks for sharing that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I'm sure Max Power will be familiar with these images. The last one is of the big open space on which Markwell House now stands. Owned by my grandfather at one time too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 38 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said: Nice one Mollag. If it's not a daft question what are all those pictures(?) in the window ? I particularly like pictures of old pubs / hotels. Anything really though....much appreciated. The story of your relative really adds poignancy to the photo too. Thanks for sharing that. ..it was a shared shop, newsagent front, barbers rear so, as the area served sailors and passengers, postcards seem likely.--- A fuller shot of the area. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 28 minutes ago, quilp said: I'm sure Max Power will be familiar with these images. The last one is of the big open space on which Markwell House now stands. Owned by my grandfather at one time too... hill The smaller image was Jackie Fayles yard, on the site of one of three tanneries in the area, fed from the hides from [cattle] Market street. The arched entrance leads to Well rd Hill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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