howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 October 2009
11:0229710just got back from town and the annual event is taking place in market square.
blowing a gale there but the stall holders and people dressed up would welcome any support from us.
they certainly deserve it.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
14:5529722Isn't this being held/organised by the old Dover Carnival Association that was discredited some years ago ?
Maybe something like this could be run by DTC or the real DCAL.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 October 2009
16:0929730actually there were some carnival girls there, looked like they were frozen, but putting on a brave face.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
16:5829733We did go down there ,i am sorry to say that there was not much down there Roger you are right about the two carnivals it was going on beween them even when i was on the council but I will not go into all that again,they have been puting this on now for some years ,and have worked at it,but again to put on events they need to be very good alots going on and I am sorry but this not the case on this one,+the weather did not help this year,they need to think out side the box next year if they going to make it work.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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3 October 2009
18:3229754Dont want to get into this 2 carnival thing, but we should i believe support any group that tries to put on events in Dover.
ROGER?
I'm unaware this group is discredited, by whom?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 October 2009
20:0529763i have no idea of the petty politics either keith, you are certainly right that we should support any group of volunteers that try to entertain us here.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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4 October 2009
07:3129784Well I don't want to drag it all up again either, but they lost money and did not produce accounts for a number of years. There are other issues that I'm not prepared to air in public.
Roger
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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4 October 2009
08:0329790Apart from the politics of the different carnival associations I like the idea of a Dickens Festival. I didnt get to the one in Market Sq but hopefully it went okay. It has been running for a year or two now as I remember but with a date pushed into october...well its hard to make an october event work the way a june or july event works.
The one in Rochester is very good, very big, not sure what time of the year that is on but it definitely looks the business and its growing as they get plenty of tv coverage for it.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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4 October 2009
09:2729799a much bigger connection with rochester though.
dickens wrote a lot of his stuff there, i believe that their is a dickens theme park.
Brian Dixon
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4 October 2009
17:1629813yes howard its at chatam dockyard,quite entertaning so i understand.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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4 October 2009
17:1829814thanks brian, i thought i had seen something about it on the box.
kills two birds with one stone as the dockyard is very historic and interesting too.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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4 October 2009
17:2129815yes howard,buy a ticket at the historic dockyard and lasts all year,the dickens thing might be extra.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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16 October 2009
20:5830706A Dickens theme would be more appropriate around Christmas I`d have thought. So much going on during the summer month`s,(including holidays), I would have thought alot of people would like a rest from attractions. Do the former market square up with Victorian lanterns etc in December, should attract some revenue to the local shops? But for heavens sake, shut that obtrusive tv screen off first.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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16 October 2009
21:3330711you are forgetting one thing colin, once the lanterns come into operation the shops and cafes will close.
only when the businesses liven their ideas up will things change.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 October 2009
13:1530742Hi Howard. I did think of that from some comments on another post, but being the time of year, some businesses may show some goodwill to all (men, x), shoppers.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 October 2009
20:0130793colin
not even a visit from ade edmondson off of the telly will make any difference.
full marks for optimism though, would be good if you are proved right.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 October 2009
20:4130800Sorry Howard. Who`s ade edmondson?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 October 2009
20:5930804"the young ones" is his main claim to fame, most recently he co-starred with rik mayall in "bottom".
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 October 2009
21:0430806Thanks Howard, I`ve heard of rik mayall somewhere, and I`ve heard of the young ones from the 80s or 90s? but never watched it.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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18 October 2009
08:0630825I thought it was a spelling mistake !
Roger