Reconstructed Promenade - Ramsey, Isle of Man. - Grand Opening on Waymarking.com

This tablet was unveiled by Air Vice Marshall Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet the then Lieutenant Governor of the Island.

The inscription on the tablet reads as follows:
THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED
ON THE 7TH OF AUGUST 1951
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
AIR VICE MARSHALL
SIR
GEOFFREY RHODES BROMET
K.B.E. C.B. D.S.O. to
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
OF THE ISLE OF MAN
TO COMMEMORATE THE
FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951
AND THE RECONSTRUCTION
OF THIS PROMENADE

The Find a Grave website has the following information about Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet:

"Birth: Aug. 28, 1891
Death: Nov. 16, 1983

Air Vice Marshal, KBE CB DSO. He was an Air Vice Marshal during World War II and a former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. He attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and then served as a Flight Commander in the First World War being commended for his service in Gallipoli in 1915 and later commanding No. 1 Squadron RNAS and then No. 8 Squadron RNAS. In 1919, he was commissioned permanently as a Major in the RAF. After commanding the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, he was appointed Senior Engineering Staff Officer at Headquarters Coastal Area in 1931, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East in 1933 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command in 1936. He served in World War II as Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group before retiring at his own request in 1945. In 1945, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man and served until 1952. His second marriage was to Air Commandant Dame Jean Conan Doyle, daughter of Arthur Conan Doyle."

The Mooragh promenade was originally opened in 1887 by Sir Geoffrey's predecessor as Lieutenant Governor, Spencer Walpole. After World War II the Mooragh Promenade was in a poor state of repair and hence it was reconstructed.

Sir Geoffrey was in Ramsey again in 1952 to inaugurate the extension and improvement of Queens Promenade.

Wikipedia describes the Festival of Britain as a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. The Festival was held 100 years after The Great Exhibition which was held at Crystal Palace.

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What was opened/inaugurated?: Reconstructed Mooragh Promenade Who was that opened/inaugurated it?: Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet Date of the opening/inauguration?: 7 August 1951 Website about the person: [Web Link] Website about the location: Not listed

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