A new topic, people...
Is lovely Deal (where I am generally very happy to live) about to fall victim to Dover-style chipboard fetishists...ie: the onset of lots of boarded-up shops in the High Street, a la Dubris Hubris?
I hear very worryingly that an absolute raft of major stores (including two or three serious High Street anchors) - and smaller shops too - are all set to close in the coming weeks as the chill, credit crunchy wind of Grim Gord McBroon's basket case economic mismanagement sweeps locust-like across our region.
Any news? Any answers? If not, I fear Deal will tumble swiftly into charity shop meltdown like its near, ailing neighbour that we struggle so hard to love.
(And before I get a forum brickbat or two from the pointlessly-optimistic out there accusing me of being a doom-monger, I'd just like to say that, frankly, I'm not, and I hope I'm wrong about all this).
Last one to leave Blighty please turn out the lights - there's a good chap...
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Its obviously a good time to be in the timber industry.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
DT1- Location: Dover
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It's not chipboard it's OSB.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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What's OSB
for us plebs who for years thought that B&Q only sold charcoal and firelighter fluid for summer al fresco eating..
Thank God for ''Look no Nails''
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
I stand corrected. Obviously my inquiry was all about the grain of the wood involved in boarding up businesses. Glad I've been put right on the matter!
Regards all,
Andy
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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It would be a shame if Deal went the same way as Dover, but there is not much anyone can do to stop businesses closing if that is their wish.