captain jiggyflaps Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 yak yak yak blah blah blah ruined my sunday lunch yak yak blah and then I heard this rumour blah blah yak yak it's outrageous and they shouldn't be allowed yak yak blahblah blather yak....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Messiah Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 I see you're making friends already!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Apparently I've heard from a friend of a mate that works with somebody in the corporation that Douglas is sinking due to the excessive integration of the iris scheme into the existing mains sewer, within five years it'll have been replaced with a swamp Will anyone notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 not at the Town Hall - or at least not until it starts flooding in through the front door...and even then its doubtful if those inside would be awake.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperate Dan Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 as I have the book to hand ...anyone have any questions about place names in Douglas they want to know more about... fancy street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Is it the alley that runs behind the old Ridgeway pub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 as I have the book to hand ...anyone have any questions about place names in Douglas they want to know more about.. Seneschal Lane please. I know where it is but don't know why it's called so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Is it the alley that runs behind the old Ridgeway pub? Think so - It's this one - not very fancy, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Seneschal Lane please. I know where it is but don't know why it's called so. ...named after the place where the Duke of Atholl's stewart or seneschal kept official records.. they still refer to Seneschal in Sark:- Sark Government Tiny and feudal, Sark is a law unto itself. Self-governing and self-sufficient it has a 400-year-old constitution. This is currently under review by a special island committee to see if any changes are needed. The island is split into 40 tenements (divisions of land). It is presided over by the Seigneur who acts on behalf of the Queen. The island's governing body is called Chief Pleas. It consists of the Seigneur, a Seneschal, 12 peoples' deputies who are elected triennially and tenants who are not elected but have a seat because they own tenements in the island. While committees do much of the groundwork, Chief Pleas debates and approves legislation when it meets four times a year. Extraordinary meetings are occasionally held for very important issues. Guernsey's Royal Court has a constitutional right to both annul any law on the ground that it is unreasonable and to direct Chief Pleas in all matters of procedure. The Seneschal's Court is Sark's sole court of justice and has full jurisdiction in both criminal and civil cases. The Seneschal, who is appointed by the Seigneur, is responsible for acting as both judge and jury of the cases that come before him. Other administrative officers are the Prevot, the Greffier, the Treasurer, the Constable and the Vingtenier. The latter two are the island's 'police force'. Elected by Chief Pleas, they serve a year in office and have no formal police training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Yeah that's it, always stuck in my mind at the least appropriately named street I'd ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 I didn't ask about Sark! I take it then that the Judiciary used to live just behind where the co-op is now then. I know there used to be a church and the fishermans widows cottages back there (I remember them from when I a nipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 ..the book says in 1860 the building there, alongside St Barnabas' Church, became the Town Commissioners office... and then the Custom House... until it was demolished in the 1980's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 So why's it called Fancy Street, when it is plainy not Fancy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 yeah its plainly not fancy and IMO I think it smells with dog poo so don't even want to go there...but feel free to check it out yourself...but make sure you don't put your foot in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 So this book that tells of the origin of the name of every road in Douglas, doesn't mention it? Yet again you promise and fail to deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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