irishone Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 The petition is due to be handed over next week. What do the people of the Island really think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatsername Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yay!Wouldn't the area at the bottom of summer hill be a better space? Pretty exposed the old summer land site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commish Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Forty years ago - possibly. Now - sorry, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 No. The site was rebuilt and used for years. Why didn't the great and the good of that time not build a memorial then? Why are football matches still played at Hillsborough, Valley Parade, or Heysel? Why are they building at ground zero? If you think about it people have died all over the place, we don't turn the Island in to a giant memorial ground. The TT course could be a memorial way only to be driven on at funereal pace. And instead of a school on the old Nobles site, let's have a memorial garden, after all more people will have died there than anywhere else on the Island. What happened was tragic, but there is a memorial, let's not turn one end of our main town's best feature into a permanent mausoleum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I don't so much want a commemorative garden to depress everyone, I just want a nice, dignified garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahc Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Maybe people who want it can club together, buy the land and build one. Callous? Probably. But I really don't see the point when there is already a remembrance garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Maybe people who want it can club together, buy the land and build one. Callous? Probably. But I really don't see the point when there is already a remembrance garden 20 metres down the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 20 metres is hardly a huge distance. The memorial that is now in place is more than sufficient. As for a garden, who would maintain it? Douglas Corporation since it was their building at the time? And does anyone honestly believe that it wouldn't be vandalised in exactly the same way that so many other open spaces have been? Sorry, but I honestly believe the support for another memorial would be pretty sparse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 20 metres is hardly a huge distance. The memorial that is now in place is more than sufficient. As for a garden, who would maintain it? Douglas Corporation since it was their building at the time? And does anyone honestly believe that it wouldn't be vandalised in exactly the same way that so many other open spaces have been? Sorry, but I honestly believe the support for another memorial would be pretty sparse. I reckon we should rebuild the original Victorian Derby Castle complex (with some nice gardens). I think it would really add to the "vintage railway" experience and it would look pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 No, definitely not! What we have is adequate and respectful. We should really have our long awaited Motorsport and Transport museum on the site tied in with the horse tram and MER terminus. Include a conference centre, restaurant, cinema and function venue and we have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I reckon we should rebuild the original Victorian Derby Castle complex (with some nice gardens). I think it would really add to the "vintage railway" experience and it would look pretty. As long as the building were used for the public then I would agree with that idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 No, definitely not! What we have is adequate and respectful. We should really have our long awaited Motorsport and Transport museum on the site tied in with the horse tram and MER terminus. Include a conference centre, restaurant, cinema and function venue and we have a winner! This island is up to its neck in empty conference rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 No, for all the reasons above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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