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Contact The Friends of Queen's Pier
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"Its part of our
heritage"
"A
Gem of a Pier"
"I
remember going on the pier when I was a child"
"I
hope the money will be found to restore the Pier"
"I
remember my father taking us for rides on the train"
To
the Friends of Ramsey Pier :-
It was with great interest that I read of your continued efforts to
restore Ramsey Pier to it's former glory. I wish you every success and
hope that someday I may again enjoy a walk along the Pier. My first
introduction to the Pier - which I must confess I don't remember , was
when I first arrived on the Island at the age of 3 months ! My Mother and
I were joining my Father who had secured a position as Gamekeeper to the
Formby estate. The boat had sailed from Silloth, the weather absolutely
dreadful and the journey had taken many hours. Since that time we left the
Island but returned many times over the years, now I am retired with my
husband and living on the Island. Looking at the Pier in it's present
state saddens me as I recall many happy hours spent there. Please accept
my good wishes for the success of your valient efforts.
Yours sincerely, Elizabeth
Dear Sir/Madam
I have just spent a pleasurable half an hour looking through your
excellent website and I must say I am impressed. Ironically I have just
spent the last couple of hours adding three pictures to my website of the
Queens Hotel fire in 1983 - This Hotel as you probably already know was
just opposite the Great Queens pier and I thought you may like to have a
look at the pictures
http://www.manx.net/fire/bygone%20years.htm
Kindest regards and keep up the excellent work.
Peter Killey
www.manx.net/fire
Just seen the report on Look North
West about Ramsey Pier, and was interested to see that a decision on the
Pier's future is imminent. Do we have any idea as to how the decision will
go ( ie will they support it, or let it fall into the Irish sea ).? I
heard that a figure of £2 million was needed, and whilst this is a
lot of money, by Government standards it is hopefully a figure that is not
too extravagant. One way or another a decision is needed. As a frequent
visitor to the island, and Ramsey, I only hope that the Pier is restored.
It is a major landmark not just of Ramsey but of the Island, and I cannot
imagine approaching Ramsey on the coast road, or the mountain road, and
not seeing the Pier. Please continue to lobby, and let us hope for good
news
Yours Sincerely Colin Fitton
My name is Helen
Skillicorn. I
live in the Isle of Man and I have done for the past 17 years.
My father is Manx he comes from Ballaskeg and even though
he left the Island at the age of 18 years to seek work across, he used to
bring our family to the Island for our summer holidays. My parents married
in Ramsey. So we always used to stay in Ramsey. Apart from remembering
going on the beach and the mooragh park, I remember our many visits to the
Pier; waiting at the gates for the train to come and take you out to the
end where there was a small cafe. We would have an icecream and then sit
on the steps watching the sea lap around the legs and see all the mussels
clinging on. We would collect some for bait when we went catching crabs.
If we caught the train out we would walk back or walk out and get the
train back. Lovely happy times and many memories that you could not forget
once you experienced the trip to the Queen's Pier. Its very sad that it
has been left to deteriorate over the years. I hope the people of the
Island get their wish and something is done in the near future, saving the
Pier is very much a priority in a lot of minds.
The views expressed above are those of
our correspondents and not
necessarily those of the Friends of
Queen's Pier, Ramsey.
The
Friends of Queen's Pier, Ramsey reserve the right to edit any
correspondence included on this site.
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