NeverAgain Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Sally Naden, returns to the Isle of Man to remember the tragedy of the Summerland holiday complex which was destroyed by fire 40 years ago. BBC One Inside Out North West Tonight at 7:30pm BBC One Just watched this, was interesting but still mentioned 3 boys smoking no other conspiracies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishone Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 I see the appeal to sign the petition raises its head again in the paper today, "Surge in Support for the Summerland Petition, claiming now many have signed the petition for nothing to be built on the Summerland site, for it to be a complete memorial, after an article in the Liverpool Echo many in the North West are signing, the last claim a month or so back, was the world wide support for the petition. The article continues that over 200? have signed the online petition. I have complete Respect for those who lost their lives, and as I said and many others did, following the recent ceremony for the opening of the Memorial Monuments & Garden Area, which are very respectful. I am at a loss why we can't move on and always remember, but no way should the whole Summerland site be designated as a memorial forever! The Petition is going to be presented to Infrastructure Minister David Cretne on the 1st November, I really hope he will show respect to the petitioners, and many signatures will be ones who sign any petition to express sympathy to any appeal, but tell them we have shown Respect and we will Never Forget Them! On the IOM Today website for some reason, they are not allowing comments? or not on my laptop. I think it may be because the memorial isn't at the actual site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Kiss goodbye to your petition, Cretney has already made his move. No leisure facility - I'm guessing it will be 'luxury apartments'.Developer found for Summerlandhttp://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/developer-found-for-summerland-1-6167628 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgandy Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Apartments are fine by me. The bus station site would be better for a leisure type development anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 moving MER wont be cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishone Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) To clarify-things don't always turn out as expected. Edited November 7, 2013 by irishone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.xxx Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 more houses, is there plenty of work then? or do they hope on rich pensioners? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieD Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I would suggest that for such a petition to have any credibility and chance of success then the phrase "We, the undersigned, demand the Isle of Man Government......" should not be used. They don't like being demanded to, our lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishone Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 I would suggest that for such a petition to have any credibility and chance of success then the phrase "We, the undersigned, demand the Isle of Man Government......" should not be used. They don't like being demanded to, our lot. I hope whatever they decide to put there is for the benefit of the ordinary person not to make the rich richer. Surely something more in keeping with the Island's rich heritage would be more appropriate than modern apartments! Initially I felt that I did not have a right to voice an opinion on what the site was used for as I did not live in Douglas (this was despite what happened to me) However I am now in possession of knowlege which I did not previously have and that enabled me to make the decision to support the petition.I am a bit too long in the tooth to believe in fairy stories! I have now accepted that some people are totally without feeling for the plight of their fellow man. Summerland was a great concept which went wrong. Why? Money?? Where would the money from the sale of the site go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatsername Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 It's a massive shame the site is laying to waste but I don't want apts, a leisure complex maybe, but I still think a lovely open green space would be best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parchedpeas Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 They should erect a huge EXIT sign there so that the people who have just landed in Douglas can get out of it as quickly as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishone Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Kiss goodbye to your petition, Cretney has already made his move. No leisure facility - I'm guessing it will be 'luxury apartments'. Developer found for Summerland http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/developer-found-for-summerland-1-6167628 I am sure Mr Cretney will do what he feels is best for the people of Douglas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieD Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Not quite. Mr Cretney will do what is best for him, which roughly translates as what is best for the people of his constituency. He knows how to fight for his supporters, and will pull rank over the Douglas Corporation or whatever it takes to keep his voters happy. That is how he has been in Tynwald all these years. In this case there will be few of his voters affected and so he will absolutely toe the Council of Ministers' line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
censorship Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 moving MER wont be cheap They aren't moving it, so why does that matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 moving MER wont be cheap They aren't moving it, so why does that matter? we will have to see but they put the whole area up for sale inc mer if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.