TheTeapot Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 39 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: Has anyone ever seen one of these voids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: You can't claim a Khazi as a void! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: If you go down Howard Street and look to your right in the lanes running parallel with the Prom (Churches Bookshop is on the opposite corner) you can see where the old sea wall is. Anything that was built from that point on out towards the sea is built on reclaimed land supported by stratae of bed rock. These reclaimed areas are the source of the oft commented issue of voids along the prom, from the old Villiers site up to just short of Senna Road area. Except the old sea wall was land reclamation as well, as was the 1870/80 sea wall line and the 1930 one. the original sea/land boundary was the cliff face at the back of Market Street. The beach originally ran up to there 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 5 hours ago, finlo said: Well our Matty is DOI nuff said! And I’ve no doubt it’s attitude like that that ended his posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, John Wright said: And I’ve no doubt it’s attitude like that that ended his posting. Working for the DOI is not exactly a badge of honour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, finlo said: Working for the DOI is not exactly a badge of honour! But he provided useful factual information about the highways matters he posted about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, John Wright said: But he provided useful factual information about the highways matters he posted about. Facts? On Manxforums?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, John Wright said: But he provided useful factual information about the highways matters he posted about. He outright refused to accept there was anything wrong with the light timings at the manx arms. Even though there obviously was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, kevster said: Facts? On Manxforums?? Another reason he might have faded away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war baby Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 51 minutes ago, John Wright said: Except the old sea wall was land reclamation as well, as was the 1870/80 sea wall line and the 1930 one. the original sea/land boundary was the cliff face at the back of Market Street. The beach originally ran up to there And that's probably where it will end up again, eventually. The sea level worldwide is predicted to rise by a few metres. The sea is immensely powerful... and patient. Time is on its side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majkul Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 My heart goes out to all the businesses affected (too many of them). But will anyone listen? Cannot help but feel that we're so far down into the hole, that they just have to keep digging, in the hope, as faint as it is, that one day, we'll come out the other side, wherever and whenever that might be. In the meantime, let's all pay our taxes so they never stop all this waste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 hours ago, war baby said: And that's probably where it will end up again, eventually. The sea level worldwide is predicted to rise by a few metres. The sea is immensely powerful... and patient. Time is on its side. We'll all be long buried before that's a worry here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 hours ago, majkul said: My heart goes out to all the businesses affected (too many of them). But will anyone listen? Cannot help but feel that we're so far down into the hole, that they just have to keep digging, in the hope, as faint as it is, that one day, we'll come out the other side, wherever and whenever that might be. In the meantime, let's all pay our taxes so they never stop all this waste. A very good friend has businesses down on the Prom and his footfall has been decimated and no end in sight . Heartbreaking to watch seeing a business he's worked so hard and diligently ravaged by incompetence and lack of any foresight and with constant promises about areas finished but nothing forthcoming consistenty . Will he survive !?? He has to really but not sure in my view how he's going too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman34 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: We'll all be long buried before that's a worry here. And who gives a shit about our children and grand children anyway? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: We'll all be long buried before that's a worry here. Best not bother even thinking about it then, let alone trying to do something about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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