Sending shockwaves through the nation - it's almost been half a century since a seaside disaster claimed 50 lives, including 15 people from Merseyside and Cheshire.
In 1973, thousands of holidaymakers from our region and beyond headed to the Isle of Man for their summer holidays, but they could not have anticipated the devastation that would hit its capital, Douglas, on August 2.
That day, 50 holiday makers were killed - including 11 children - when a blaze ripped through Summerland, a seven-floor leisure centre on the Isle of Man. The building, enclosed with Oroglas, acrylic panels, had promised to "set the architectural world alight" when it opened in 1971, but it is now remembered for the fire which became one of the deadliest on the land since the Second World War.
