Douglas
Description: Douglas sits on the east coast of the Isle of Man (NGR 23780 47650).
Backwell's hand-book for visitors to the Isle of Man of 1864 says, “From the more frequent communication between this town and England, the greater number of the Summer visitors to the Island first arrive at Douglas, which is the largest, most populous, and in every point of view, the principal town in the Island. The approach by sea presents a very imposing scene, and it is generally admitted that scarcely does any place in the United Kingdom offer to the eye, in so little space, so much of beauty as the Bay of Douglas, with its enclosing land, when looked at from a short sea distance." (p.100)
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- Political cartoon entitled 'Pot Calls Kettle'
- Christmas dinner menu from Douglas Camp
- German internee-made ship in a bottle
- Internment camp souvenir made by an Italian merchant seaman
- Fire basket, part of Baillie Scott fireplace from Glen Falcon House
- Cholera cross from St George's churchyard
- Bonnet once belonging to Emmeline Pankhurst
- The Wreck of the St George, 1830
- Wooden 'trow' or longline box
- Ship model made by an Italian internee during the Second World War
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- Photograph of an oil painting of Douglas from Douglas Head
- Douglas from Onchan Head
- Douglas Promenade
- Douglas Outer Harbour and shipping
- Douglas Promenade
- Pre-fabricated houses at Little Switzerland, Douglas
- Aerial view of Douglas
- The view from Douglas Head
- Douglas from Douglas Head
- Douglas from Douglas Head
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