2bees Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 What? I don’t believe this is even a thing, oh I live in a city now, it used to be a lowly town but now it’s a city, joy of joys, I’m so grateful… Peel might not have won the competition but Peel is the sunset city (how does that change?) and let’s be honest, I don’t think the Queen even looked at the applications, let alone awarded anything to Douglas. What’s the difference between Douglas and Peel? Douglas is a city, totally pointless really. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Costly and pointless. Rob Callister and Allinson will milk this for years thinking it will help bring in the 500,000 tourists a year. The 6 Douglas MHKs will be cock a hoop with joy waiting for the ceremony to confer city centre, along with the council. Still David Ashford will be overjoyed …………….. as it’s created better headlines, and taken the focus away from his antics. Edited May 20, 2022 by 2112 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 2 hours ago, victorian dad said: I sense a new set of commemorative stamps will be imminent. Shitty City not Sunset City? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Makes national news , none for Channel Islands! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61505857 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Banker said: Makes national news , none for Channel Islands! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61505857 I’m not sure that Jersey and Guernsey are too upset.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Douglas is a town, if the people wanted it to be a city then there should have been a popular vote, a bunch of unelectable councillors getting a title from an unelected old woman does not make one jot of difference to me. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Davey Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 The equivalent of a donkey winning the Grand National or coming first at Le Mans in a pedal car. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheCourse Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Well they pulled White City down and are now successfully achieving similar in the new City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weliveinhope Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 8 hours ago, Amadeus said: We got it DISTINGUISHED DOUGLAS CELEBRATES CITY STATUS! Douglas is celebrating after being awarded ‘city’ status by Her Majesty the Queen as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Douglas Borough Council applied for city status as part of a Civic Honours competition, alongside 38 other local authorities from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. Other places to apply included Ballymena in County Antrim, Dunfermline in Fife, Stanley in the Falkland Islands, Marazion in Cornwall, and Wrexham in Clywd. Mayor of Douglas Janet Thommeny said: ‘We are thrilled with this news! It is an honour of civic pride for Douglas and everyone who lives and works here to receive this recognition and I’m sure everyone connected with the town – or should I say, city! – will be incredibly proud. ‘Our commiserations to our friends in Peel, who we hope can gain city status in the future. We are grateful to the Douglas Members of the House of Keys who wholeheartedly supported and encouraged our bid.’ Fittingly, the accolade comes in the year after the Borough of Douglas celebrated its 125th anniversary. Can this now be a catalyst for change within DBC and IOM government? I think most people would agree the island is shabby, but as many have pointed out, a good maintenance programme will save huge amounts of money in the long term. And, improvements do not have to cost millions and millions. A bit of foresight and proper planning could make towns across the island nice places to visit for both residents and visitors. Villers 'square.' Just pave it and stick a few benches in there...i mean really! Landscape it, plant it, maintain it and people will use it. Everything is half arsed or full on overkill, theres just no happy medium. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Great news. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Manx Bean Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I think the best we can realistically hope for is that Douglas somehow manages to scrape enough points together to beat Hull in the Britain’s Shit City of the year award. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Cue an expensive rebranding exercise, new letterheads, all signage, TV campaign etc! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Manx17 said: They probably know it’s going to cost a fortune all the stationary and signage will be changed and we must have a new logo , they cant manage a weekly bin collection but the city fathers will be wasting lots of ratepayers money on nice to haves , time they were lumped in with an eastern district local authority and we stopped all this waste and dick waving 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 27 minutes ago, Weliveinhope said: maintain it and people will use it. Everything is half arsed or full on overkill, theres just no happy medium. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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