Ramsey Past and Present With Ramsey Bay offering a safe haven to shipping, and the Sulby River creating a usable harbour, Ramsey grew to serve the needs of […]
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Ramsey Past and Present
With Ramsey Bay offering a safe haven to shipping, and the Sulby River creating a usable harbour, Ramsey grew to serve the needs of the seafaring community. It is the most low-lying town on the Isle of Man and the one considered most at risk from the sea. One hundred years ago fishermen offered their wares at the quayside, children played in the streets of the old town, and tourists landed by steamer on the iron pier.
But Ramsey has changed. In the 1960s and ’70s much of the oldest part of the town was swept away by developers.
Only photographs taken by such as the Midwood family, featured on the back cover, can now show us parts of Ramsey’s past, through the postcards they published.
