Hoops Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 9 hours ago, finlo said: And a big new fancy limo! Ah, but putting two and two together, when they are using a lack of money (Selective, mind) for stuff not getting done, but talking about allowing e-scooters on our streets................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, 0bserver said: You laugh, buy I hear there are a few western Manx Mafia extremists who are highly agitated by recent developments. That's like getting threatened by the Smurfs... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 12 hours ago, The Bastard said: There have been 3:30 licenses for numerous venues in the last 25 years. Douglas has been the entertainment capital since the early 1900s, and alongside the many pubs (most now closed) had many late night venues in the 80s/90s/00s - Paramount/Continental/EJs/Toffs/Whispers/Lido/Casino/Strand 58/Jimmy B's/Studebakers/Dow Jones/Nikkei Dow/Cave/Zhivagos/Bushy's. If anything, it has less clubs and fewer licenses at the moment than it's ever had. Rowdiness is nothing new, drunks stumbling home is hardly unexpected in the middle of a city. There's always quieter places to move if you're really bothered. Excluding the Casino name places that have been open until 3:30. Certainly not those you quote: Paramount/Continental/EJs/Toffs/Whispers/Lido/Casino/Strand 58/Jimmy B's/Studebakers/Dow Jones/Nikkei Dow/Cave/Zhivagos/Bushy's ? You're addled. Some of these places had 'no admission after' times too. Douglas may well have been the entertainment capital since 1900s, but that doesn't mean late night drinking. You will remember the pubs closed on a Sunday during the Winter, and even during the Summer they were 8pm to 10pm. The only places you could drink later were the private hotel 'shebeens' such as The Oban, The Brittania, Glencoe etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 12 hours ago, Youaintseenme said: Thank you for saving my thumbs . Many times I have walked home in daylight. Anyone who thinks it is a new thing clearly hasn’t lived here for long. If anything there are less premises open at that time that there were 20 years ago We've all walked home in daylight after a night out. It doesn't mean the pubs/clubs were open to just before dawn. See above post. I've been going to the pubs and so called 'clubs' for 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 The island has no nightclubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Pmsl - today we received an email that could well be from the mayor of Douglas’s Manx.net account. She says Hello, I need a favor from you. Do you have an Amazon account? My is acting slow. Thanks Janet Obvs a very poor attempt at phishing but it could be the councils new way of funding “things”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 We were considerably younger then Rox… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2bees Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 I don't need have to explain time to you but unless you did go to space while I wasn't looking me and you did age at the same rate, hun! Any more of that and you'll be getting a TBF. 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Youaintseenme said: You are talking rubbish. Plenty of those places were regularly open past 3 in the nineties RTFP - she said "'no admission after' times too" - that is what she said and she was right, and I know because I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Youaintseenme said: You are talking rubbish. Plenty of those places were regularly open past 3 in the nineties Which ones? Just name them. Legally open after 3:00am. ETA: The Licensing Act (1996) allowed for 2:00am opening as an exception. Special circumstances 3:00am. Read it. 1:00am was a late license. https://www.tynwald.org.im/links/tls/SD/1996/1996-SD-0198.PDF That was then Even now, 3:30am as a regular opening time is taking the piss. Edited May 23, 2022 by AOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Roxanne said: I have to nail my colours to the mast here and say that I actually preferred it back then. People could go for a night out and be done by 1:00am. The police were given a hell of a job when closing time happened, and the constabulary were instrumental in greying out the closing time and spreading the load. But 3:30am is taking the piss. These days it is a case of tanking up on cheap booze around one of the houses, maybe take a line or two, or a tab of e and hit the 'clubs' (ie Jaks and 1886) and demand the market stays open to suit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, AOR said: People could go for a night out and be done by 1:00am. The police were given a hell of a job when closing time happened, and the constabulary were instrumental in greying out the closing time and spreading the load. But 3:30am is taking the piss. These days it is a case of tanking up on cheap booze around one of the houses, maybe take a line or two, or a tab of e and hit the 'clubs' (ie Jaks and 1886) and demand the market stays open to suit. Given that quite a few entering clubs/pubs are tanked up already, they should not be allowed into licensed premises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 The casino used to serve a fab breakfast about 5.00am when it was at the Castle Mona. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, hissingsid said: The casino used to serve a fab breakfast about 5.00am when it was at the Castle Mona. Just before my time. The Casino was/is an oasis of calm. Sometimes nice to visit at the end of the night for a cup of tea or whatever but it was always difficult to carry on a drinking session there. It is a different scenario altogether than other late night licensed premises. Edited May 23, 2022 by AOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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