Manx Memory by fishers

Manx Memory

A really wet and unpleasant day outside, so I returned to my long term project to scan all the transparencies that I took between the late 1960's and 2006, and my DVD's shot yesterday brought me to this view.

6th August 1990, and we were staying at the Grand View Hotel in Douglas, Isle of Man. This is the view from our room window, with the sweep of Douglas Bay, the wide seaside promenade, lovely gardens, and in the middle of the road the horse tram tracks, with a tram stop right outside the front of our hotel. On the skyline some of the hills in the northern part of the island, which just call to be explored.

Good memories too of the many friendly and helpfull local people that we met while visiting.

Ian
great clock tower and what are now vintage cars too
May 8th, 2019  
Great composition and capture, love the old clock tower
May 8th, 2019  
What a lovely retrospective. I'm afraid to say I recognise all the cars as well!
May 8th, 2019  
This is a very familiar view - I was International Marketing Manager for an IOM company at this time. Thanks for the memories.
May 8th, 2019  
Lovely. I have not been to the IoM and often think I should, particularly as we are motorcyclists! Iconic place. Lovely reading your narrative.
May 8th, 2019  
Wonderful memory shot...I wonder what it looks like today.
May 8th, 2019  
A great view and shot of this city.
May 8th, 2019  
Beautiful shot
May 9th, 2019  
Nicely photograped fav:)
May 9th, 2019  
A wonderful view of the Isle of Man.

A very good friend of ours came to Australia from the Isle of Man but he died last year of a brain tumour. David and I miss his company so much and I am sad that I am not able to show him this photo of his homeland.
May 9th, 2019  
Wonderful shot and panoramic view of this lovely seaside promenade. Looks like a lovely place to explore.
May 9th, 2019  
@shannejw @carolmw @peadar @vignouse @casablanca @seattlite @pyrrhula @bkbinthecity @stevepam @onewing @sangwann Thank you all for your comments and favs, they are appreciated, and they put this on the Popular Page.

From what I know the view has changed little until recently. Over the years some of the hotels have been demolished and replaced with either apartments or offices, but other things have stayed the same. Late last year major work began to refurbish the promenade, so it will be interesting to see the result of the work.

The clock tower on the left is still there, and was once where a cable tramway started it's run to Upper Douglas.

Much of the area shown here is built on land reclaimed from the sea in the late Victorian period. It's still possible to see parts of the original sea wall behind the hotels on the left of this shot.

Ian
May 9th, 2019  
What a great shot, love all the old cars. One day I hope to scan in all my old negatives too
May 11th, 2019  
@kjarn Thank you Kathy. It's a time consuming process scanning old photos, but well worth it - the process has brought back some great memories. There are still a lot for me to do though, so it's a long term project.

Ian
May 11th, 2019  
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