howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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28 August 2010
10:5067606earlier this year the "bluebells" guest house opened in the folkestone road, yesterday i noticed another has opened opposite the station.
the trend in recent years has been to close them, therefore it must be a sign of increased confidence in dover.
Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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28 August 2010
13:3467611Bit of good news there Howard. I can remember when Folkestone Road consisted of small hotels and guest houses, with the owners taking a pride in the appearance of their properties. Let's hope more open in the future.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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28 August 2010
13:3767612This has been a good summer for the b&b industry. Last night we had our first empty room since early July. 2 reasons: Churchill Hotel closure has reduced supply and a weaker £ has increased the number of foreign visitors.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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28 August 2010
15:5367622doesn't look promising for next year then, the churchill will be reopening and the euro is steadily weakening against the pound, all economic indicators suggest that it will continue to do so.
Keith Sansum1
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28 August 2010
19:3767659Have a look at the one opposite winchelsea all the lovely flowers
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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28 August 2010
19:4167661are you referring to blue bells on the folkestone road keith?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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28 August 2010
19:4267662mabe
its opposite winchelsea road
thought it was clled elmo??
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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29 August 2010
06:5767707That's what it used to be callled years ago Keith - back in the 90s.
The people who owned the Elmo then, moved out to house asylum seekers there and then in a few short years had made enough money to buy the County Hotel. They have been doing well while the Churchill has been closed.
I met the Blue Bell owners a month or so and they had their own views on how to run it; I gave them my email address in case I could help with anything - not heard from them so assume they're O.K.
When Jean and I moved to Dover to buy the Linden Guest House in 1994, Folkestone Road had so many thriving B & B's and Hotels, now there's not many more than half a dozen.
A number of factors affected that, amongst them was the building of the Travel Inn (as it was called) shortly after we moved here and of course in the late 90s, we had all those illegal immigrants coming in and it killed most of the business here - it certainly affected ours.
Smugglers/boot-leggers call them what you will, also had an adverse affect, so we've had more than our fair share of adverse publicity and reasons for not staying here.
Thankfully most of that adverse publicity has now gone.
What is the name of the new one opposite the station ?
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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29 August 2010
08:1567720ROGER
Think I may have the wrong one
The one across road fro entrance to winchelsea road with all the flowrers
looks lovely, a lot of hard work gone into the arranging.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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29 August 2010
09:4667737roger
it has no name, just says "bed and breakfast".
your old one seems to have gone back to a private dwelling now.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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29 August 2010
09:4967740the house wif no name lol
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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30 August 2010
06:3867900The Linden has been bought by the owners of Sandown Guest House next door.
A lovely couple who both work very hard and are a credit to themselves and the accommodation sector in Dover.
The one with lots of hanging baskets nearly opposite Winchelsea (next to Webbs development), is Clare House I believe.
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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30 August 2010
08:1467912ROGER
Think thats the one, not just a hanging basket, but loads of flowers decorate all of the front of his property.
It looks lovely
and very inviting
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