The Douglas Corporation Millennium Water Feature incorporates three circular pools each with a single central fountain, and with each pool connected by a channel to allow the flow of water around the perimeter of the plot bounded by Athol Street and Lord Street.
The Douglas Corporation Millennium Water Feature was conceived and constructed by Douglas Council to mark the passing into the new millennium. Hence the three fountains representing the three millennia.
The full inscription on the plaque is as follows:
“Douglas Corporation
In association with Mann 2000
Millennium Water Feature
Officially Opened on Thursday, 19th April 2001
By the Worshipful the Mayor
COUNCILLOR MRS DOREEN MARGARET KINRADE, J.P.
Mr Councillor D.W. Christian, Chairman of the Policy and
Resources Committee
Councillors
[list in two columns of names are the following]
Mr S. R. Pitts, Mrs G. G. S. Corkish, Mrs J. T. Craine, Mrs L. E. Ramsay, Mrs R. Chatel, Mr G. R. Chatel, Mr M. A. Dooley, Mr G. R. M. Cain, Mrs E. C. Quirk, Mr W. J. Corkish, Mr C. L. H. Cain, Mr G. G. Dugdale, Mr R. H. McNicholl, Mr J. B. Callow, Mr B. C. Potter, Mr I. A. Faragher
There is a small rectangular plaque which commemorates the opening of the feature on 19th April 2001 by the Douglas Mayor Councillor Mrs Doreen Margaret Kinkade alongside the bottom pool on Lord Street.
Chief Officers
Mr D. R. King, LLB. F I Mgt. Town Clerk and Chief Executive
Mr G. M. Bolt, CIPFA, Borough Treasurer
Mr I. J. G. Clague, MBE, BSc, AMIEE, AMILE, FTCL, LTCL,
Borough Engineer and Surveyor
The Douglas Corporation Millennium Water Feature was construction on a small plot of land of uneven ground bounded on three sides by roads. The roads being Lord Street, Athol Street and Shaw’s Brow. The plot also drops steeply from Shaw’s Brow down to Lord Street.
Most of the plot is given over to shrubs, bushes and flowers interspersed with large boulders and gravel areas. There are some ‘palm trees’ one of which is now rather large given the passage of time since the feature was originally constructed.
Doreen Kinrade was on Douglas Council for nearly 20 years and served as the town's mayor from 1999 to 2001 and officiated at the opening of the Millennium Water Feature in April 2001.
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Doreen Kinrade was much respected and devoted councillor for the Athol Ward on Douglas Council and was still the sitting councillor at the time of her death in May 2012.
Doreen was a housewife but was fully committed to representing and help her constituents and was a stalwart member of the Manx Labour Party.
MHK David Cretney, said following Doreen’s death in May 2012 that she was a councillor with a caring touch.
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Other tributes to a long-serving Douglas Councillor, Doreen Kinrade, included the following:
“Writing on Facebook, South Douglas MHK David Cretney described her as a Manx Labour Party stalwart. He finishes by saying, "We will miss you Doreen. Thanks for your good work for the citizens of Douglas".”
“Council leader David Christian added his thoughts, which included, "Rest in peace, Doreen you will be sadly missed. It was an honour to have you as a friend, not just a colleague."
“Mr Cretney told Manx Radio Mrs Kinrade was a great person”
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