triskelion Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Wish there was a way of finding out how many people living past the mountain (including Kirk Michael etc, commute to DouglasAlso, wouldn't it br better to have some tax incentives for businesses to move up to the North? Businesses and shops might find tax incentives attractive, but I don't think it'd be enough to tempt them away in significant numbers from the far larger mass of customers and employees the South offers, especially when they're in a pretty good position regarding tax as it is. The trouble is that Ramsey is (relatively speaking) simply too inconvenient and too far away for most people. It wouldn't necessarily have to be shops though. If you focused on getting smaller businesses that don't deal directly with the public, they could probably adapt the existing building stock to their needs, and regeneration inside the town itself would take place much more easily. Re: Summerland, the bits of the building that remain are there because of fears as to the stability of the cliff. The DTL wants to do a survey, but the homeowners along the cliff top won't grant them access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Wish there was a way of finding out how many people living past the mountain (including Kirk Michael etc, commute to DouglasAlso, wouldn't it br better to have some tax incentives for businesses to move up to the North? Businesses and shops might find tax incentives attractive, but I don't think it'd be enough to tempt them away in significant numbers from the far larger mass of customers and employees the South offers, especially when they're in a pretty good position regarding tax as it is. The trouble is that Ramsey is (relatively speaking) simply too inconvenient and too far away for most people. It wouldn't necessarily have to be shops though. If you focused on getting smaller businesses that don't deal directly with the public, they could probably adapt the existing building stock to their needs, and regeneration inside the town itself would take place much more easily. Re: Summerland, the bits of the building that remain are there because of fears as to the stability of the cliff. The DTL wants to do a survey, but the homeowners along the cliff top won't grant them access. What would be pretty cool, is something like they have in Hartlepool Hartlepool Historic Quay I've visited there about two years ago and it was pretty interesting and if you had a ship like the Star of India which incidentally was built in Ramsey Then you've got the makings of an interesting historic area, which would be one of the tourist 'have to visit places' The Euterpe was a full-rigged ship built of iron at the Ramsey shipyard of Gibson & Co. on the Isle of Man in November 1863. The Euterpe began her career with two voyages to India, both of which nearly lead to disaster. On her first trip she suffered a collision and a mutiny. On her second trip she was caught by a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, and with her topmasts cut away, she was fortunate to make port. Soon afterwards, her first master died on board and was buried at sea. The Euterpe then made four more voyages to India as a cargo ship. In 1871 she was purchased by the Shaw Savill line and embarked on a quarter century of transporting emigrants to New Zealand, sometimes also stopping in Australia, California and Chile. She made 21 circumnavigations in this service, some of them lasting up to a year. The Euterpe was sold to American owners in 1898 and registered at San Franscisco. In 1902 she commenced sailing from California to the Bering Sea each spring with a load of fishermen, cannery hands, box shook and tin plate. She returned each autumn laden with canned salmon. This carried on until 1923, when she was laid up by her owners, the Alaska Packers Association. The Packers had changed her name in 1906, dubbing her Star of India in keeping with their company practice of re-naming their vessels as "Star of ....." .Five years earlier they had rigged her down to a barque, her present rig. The Star of India was laid up in 1923, then bought by a group of people from San Diego in 1926. In 1976, the fully restored Star of India put to sea for the first time in fifty years. She is owned by the San Diego Maritime Museum and it is claimed that she is the oldest sailing vessel still afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 So, build the marina, build a historic quay and get yourself a ship or two. Tall ships for sale It would be better if it was built in the Isle of Man, but for affect, it would be pleasing to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Reappiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Reappiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Far too clever for me. Please explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I wonder if Weston Supermare will rebuild their pier? I bet they do and that is is up and running by next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I wonder if Weston Supermare will rebuild their pier? I bet they do and that is is up and running by next summer. Shirley they have insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I wonder if Weston Supermare will rebuild their pier? I bet they do and that is is up and running by next summer. It is privately owned and privately financed therefore it will not be "weston Supermare" rebuilding or puttingh their hands in their pockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Of course they have insurance, and don't call me Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Rumours that a Tynwald Select Committee has booked a day return to WSM - to see how it was done - are entirely without foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky boy Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Of course they have insurance, and don't call me Shirley Watching a program on the telly tonight has given me an idea Ramsey commissioners could fake their collective deaths in a boating accident and arrange for the insurance money to be given to the restoration of the pier fund No, it wouldn't work. How would Ramsey cope without their steady hands on the tiller ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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