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SAVE DOUGLAS HORSE TRAMWAY FROM THE LATEST ATTACK

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Paul Holyoak
9 years ago

Why oh why do certain individuals on councils feel the need to to be 'radical' and implement their pet schemes knowingly spitting in the face of the people and trdition?

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Gillian Ikerigill
9 years ago

has to be saved

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9 years ago

The horse tramway is too important to lose. It's a vital piece of the Isle of Man's heritage. If it goes, the number of tourists will decrease alarmingly. We must all fight to save it!

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M V Peters
9 years ago

You have the full support of the Trustees of Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, ME USA to keep the horse tram tradition alive.

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David Carr
9 years ago

The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway is part of our heritage and a significant element of the Douglas Promenade Conservation Area. Any development should be about preserving it in its entirety and promoting it as a unique tourist attraction.

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Richard Norman
9 years ago

Do not truncate it! Move the stables maybe but that's it!

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Colyn Vickers
9 years ago

I urge The Tynwald to keep the heritage of the Douglas Horse Trams intact.

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David Martin
9 years ago

Do not destroy one of the main tourist attractions to the island.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

One of the reasons many visitors, including my family, come to the IOM is to ride the vintage transport

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Glenn Roofthooft
9 years ago

How can this proposal be even contemplated. It is absolute vandalism. Have we learnt nothing from the past?

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Geoffrey Moore
9 years ago

As a Transport Planner and someone with over 30 years in marketing it would seem silly to truncate one of your major tourist attractions given you have used it in marketing material for the island. This is a short sighted proposal which future generations will rue. You will not be looked upon kindly by generations to come.

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Scott Bolitho
9 years ago

Bonkers. Utterly bonkers. Do this and I won't be coming back to the island. I'll take my money elsewhere.

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David Fisher
9 years ago

Please keep this unique piece of transport history in it's original form for future generations to enjoy.

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anne upton
9 years ago

We are regular visitors to the island as we love the place. Tucked away from the maniacal world of the mainland, it is like a stepping back in time and quite wonderful. The Tramway further endorses this and we use it regularly. I am not alone in my thoughts, so for the sake of your economy alone, take my advice and keep it just as it is. People love it.

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David J Barber
9 years ago

Please don't destroy a unique part of Manx History.

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Dennis Boardman
9 years ago

plese do not do this!

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Frank Savery
9 years ago

Your heritage is more important than selling it off to greedy, money-grubbing developers intent on lining their own pockets.

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Diane Farr
9 years ago

Why spoil something that is so beautiful . One of the reasons we visit the Isle of Man along with thousands of other visitors.

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Gary Davey
9 years ago

I travelled from Australia to the IOM in August last year and the Horse tramway was one of the highlights of my visit

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Cathy Cook
9 years ago

Please preserve this wonderful piece of Manx heritage fully intact. This irreplaceable tramway is the most iconic feature in Douglas and is a key part of what attracts visitors to this island. It must be saved from short-sighted political forces that fail to see that eroding the tramway will dramatically dilute the pull the island has for visitors from all over the UK, Europe and the World. The horse tramway needs to be recognised as an amazing and unspoilt example of pre-fossil-fuelled transport and it must be TREASURED – with all parts of it being granted special historic status, so that it will ALWAYS be preserved.