Let's start at what was one of the most important buildings in town - Okell's Brewery. It's since moved to a greenfield site - see previous post.
Somewhere in the suburbs of Douglas I once found this old Leyland Comet in the hands of a contractor.
We now head to the north end of the town, to a place known as Derby Castle, where the Manx Electric Railway meets the Corporation's horse tramway. MER 5 is seen in the depot here.
No. 9 sits in the sun at the terminus.
The horse tram depot is nearby.
Here we find the sole double-decker.
Beside the depot is a convenient pub, the Terminus Tavern.
A little known feature was the cliff lift, taking one up to the Falcon Hotel.
We now take a horse-drawn tram into town.
This is Victoria Street, around 1910, or thereabouts.
Our next stop is the railway station, here seen in the 1930s.
Hutchinson and Kissak are seen in steam.
The ex County Donegal railcar outside the shed.
Inside, this diesel, used on works trains, etc.
There used to be some proper signalling at Douglas.
Until its amalgamation with Road Services, Douglas Corporation had a fascinating fleet.
Isle of Man Road Services mainly used Leylands, as seen in the bus station.
IOM National Transport inherited buses from both fleets.
They also bought some second-hand stuff.
Corkill's (a subsidiary of IOMRS) and Protours vehicles are seen in Douglas.
Time for a quick look at shipping in the harbour.
Clinche's Brewery overlooks the harbour, but ceased brewing many moons ago.
Bushy's Brewery started out in a pub of the same name in central Douglas.
Now for a look at some of the more traditiona pubs of Douglas. First, the Bridge, formerly owned by Castletown Brewery.
The Old Market Inn, followed by the Ridgeway. The latter is no longer with us.
Two more; the Waterloo (an Okell's house) and the Rovers Return - Bushy's beers here.
The horse tram still terminates by the ferry terminal.
From here, seagulls guard the Tower of Refuge......
That's where we'll be in the next post.
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