Summerland memorial next Tuesday

Sat, 30 Jul 2022

A memorial service for the Summerland fire tragedy will be held next week.

Douglas Borough Council has confirmed the annual commemoration will take place on Tuesday, August 2 at 7pm.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the service in the Kaye Memorial Garden on Queen’s Promenade.

This year marks 49 years since the tragedy.

A simple memorial was first placed in the Garden by the Council in 1998, to commemorate those who died on August 2, 1973, when the leisure complex was destroyed by fire. It was replaced by a more fitting monument in 2013, the 40th anniversary of the disaster.

 

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