Pragmatopian Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Manxworld TM ! An eclectic mix of traditional IOM entertainment. Hunt the Wren Pull the tail off the cat Put the crab back in the bucket Bash the comeover Birch the Homo Monopoly That sort of thing ! Whoa there mate - I've got first dibs on Manxland - BACK OFF!!! http://www.manxforums.com/forums/index.php...st&p=378479 Reminiscent of Lapland New Forest (aka Crapland) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...set/7765080.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germann Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Lidl or Aldi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 A corpy owned indoor market, lots of independently owned stalls with a good variety of stuff for sale, a decent cafe and reasonable rent on the stalls to give the business owners a half decent chance of surviving the first year. Though a block of badly built, overpriced apartments to be sold to londoners who have never been here is the most likely outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Debenhams/Top Shop should move there. I think so too, the current building needs a massive overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 you beat me to it, I'd go with a multi-occupancy Manx market, farmers, butchers, crafts, anything locally produced, (not second hand goods, old lp's, books and trash) with catering upstairs (and not let out for TT leather stuff in June !) and Bushy's in the basement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassettiespagetie Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Even though I am still in denial about Woolworths closing, I think it should be an Argos. Hmmm... It will be sad loosing the Pick n Mix. I always remeber years ago, going to griddles and then to Woolies to get a pick n mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Even though I am still in denial about Woolworths closing, I think it should be an Argos. Hmmm... It will be sad loosing the Pick n Mix. I always remeber years ago, going to griddles and then to Woolies to get a pick n mix. Look on the bright side, with the pic n mix gone the pigeons of Douglas have lost one of the main elements of their diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Good luck finding anyone who'll pay the astronomical rent on a place that size in that part of Strand Street.. Love the "Swan Vestas" planning application. Sadly, very true. You'd have to suspect that the big Irish vulture will be circling over the dying corpse of Woolies, waiting to build more broom cupboards with brass taps. Hope they'll be better built than the shoddy example I've been left with. One window is now jammed open, another isn't fitted right, the bathroom is already suffering from damp and the woodwork is coming apart and the door frame is knackered. And the place isn't even a year old! Still, it's better than the temporary flat I rented in Tynwald Street Til then, yeah. Potato museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypeas Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Primarni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Even though I am still in denial about Woolworths closing, I think it should be an Argos. Err, to replace the index that shut down a few years ago across the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I would like to see a decent well stocked delicatessen in part of the building - maybe connected to a place that serves quality coffee in proper cups not those paper abortions and has cappucinos that are not US standard size but Italian standard size so you can taste the coffee. Saw an interesting 'craft supermarket' in NZ this year which promoted a very wide range of local crafts - something like that could also be good. Maybe a good furniture store. A small tax haven in the basement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Primark or Matalan - PLEASE!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Primark or Matalan - PLEASE!!!!!! Christ, you've got low aspirations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahc Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypeas Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Primark or Matalan - PLEASE!!!!!! Christ, you've got low aspirations! And you presumably don't have expensive kids to buy clothes for. Primarni stuff is actually very good. Matalan on the other hand!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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