A service and dedication of a memorial to mark the 40th anniversary of the Summerland fire disaster will be held on Friday, August 2, at the Kaye Memorial Garden, Queen’s Promenade, Douglas, at 7.45pm.
The Mayor of Douglas, Councillor Carol Malarkey, will preside over the proceedings and the service will be led by Andrew Brown, Archdeacon of Mann.
A spectator area has been set aside and the Summer Hill slip road will be closed to traffic on that date from 7pm to 9.30pm and that parking will be suspended on a section of King Edward Road opposite the Kaye Memorial Garden.
Fifty people lost their lives in the tragedy after fire broke out in the leisure complex, built at the Onchan end of Douglas Promenade.
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