Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,951
howard mcsweeney1 wrote:And it's dog friendly too, what with the plans to convert the old bingo hall into a cinema Deal could soon shake off its reputation as a deprived coastal town.
Yup. Doing well in spite of our local council/councillors (one of whom objected to an alcohol licence for the new cafe owners!)
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,951
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,951
and here's a picture of the great and the good (Sue Chandler) officially opening the new cafe - though personally I would not allow councillors anywhere near sharp scissors.
DDC Press RElease here:-
https://www.dover.gov.uk/News/Press-Releases/2019/Deal-Pier-Kitchen-Officially-Opened-by-Council-Chairman.aspx"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,951
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
You have upset poor Jasin Bob, rather ironic that he attacks the young couple trying to make a go of the franchise after the mess he left it in then complains about criticism aimed at him.
I remember him getting first go at the catering in the new Seasports Centre then despite that being given the contract for Deal pier, trip advisor reviews sum his efforts up. Has he still got that chippy in Telegraph Road?
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,951
Oh yes!
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g503900-d5312607-Reviews-The_Telegraph_Chippie-Deal_Kent_England.html
Let's hope that if he does seek legal advice THIS time his solicitors will have enough sense to ask for payment in advance!
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,234
Let's hope he doesn't! I'd happily pay to see what the judge has to say.
Arte et Marte
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,019
Centre page spread in the Mercury today.I cannot recall how much the refurbishment cost.I know when the pier had major restructure years ago which I voted against the cost, I wonder what was so fabulous this time round.
it does concern me that Dover is lagging behind..
I see all the publicity re the old co op building in Stembrook.A bit like giving Dover a Woolies and Deal a Harrods.
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 345
Sue Nicholas wrote:Centre page spread in the Mercury today.I cannot recall how much the refurbishment cost.I know when the pier had major restructure years ago which I voted against the cost, I wonder what was so fabulous this time round.
it does concern me that Dover is lagging behind..
I see all the publicity re the old co op building in Stembrook.A bit like giving Dover a Woolies and Deal a Harrods.
If Harrods opened a store in the district then I suspect they would choose Deal but Dover shouldn't be lagging behind considering the enormous investment it is getting compared to the rest of the district. St James £50m, new leisure centre £26m, Western Docks £250m, Snargate Street upgrade £10m, rapid bus system £15m.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
its a rapid bus system allright, its rapidly disapering.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,809
Dover Pilot wrote:If Harrods opened a store in the district then I suspect they would choose Deal but Dover shouldn't be lagging behind considering the enormous investment it is getting compared to the rest of the district. St James £50m, new leisure centre £26m, Western Docks £250m, Snargate Street upgrade £10m, rapid bus system £15m.
Any investment now is simply making up for years of neglect. the new leisure centre is up Whitfield not in Dover and replaces the old one which was in an awful state.
BTW I thought Western Docks was down to the Harbour Board not DDC.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I presumed he/she was referring to investment in general, Western dock project had a lot of money from the EU amongst others. the leisure centre got some funding from Sport England or some similar organisation and Legal and General own St James.
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 345
Yes the response was to the statement from Sue that Dover is lagging behind. For a small town Dover has had more investment than anywhere else that I can think of in the UK.
If the perception is that it is still lagging behind then there comes a point when you have to stop throwing good money after bad and just accept Dover is what it is and try and joy it.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,809
I really do not think there is a lot wrong with Dover except for a general feeling of neglect much of which is down to the various councils and absentee landlords.
It is scruffy looking with some of its untidy looking properties and streets with patched roads and uneven pavements. Many of the once well cared for nice looking buildings are now run down multi occupied homes where the tenants have no interest in what they look like on the outside.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,951
Yup! 'Pier of the Year' next?
Remember where you heard it first.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
