PatrickS
- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
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Tarmac going down today at the Woolcomber Street entrance to St. James.
Work on the Travelodge saw their distinctive signs being installed to all sides of the building ...... and were illuminated tonight
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Superdrug a long way off opening but it will provide a range of services that the current outlet doesn't have.
http://www.kentlive.news/whats-on/shopping/superdrug-reveals-open-new-beauty-1049301PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
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The entrance to St James was tarmac'd last evening. Roadway being defined in front of Block 'A'
Traffic lights are being installed at the Woolcomber Street entrance to the site.
A bit of a dull photo as image taken on my 'phone.
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PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
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'Cineworld' complex nearing completion - opening in just 3 weeks time - alongside Restaurant Units 'Frankie & Benny's', 'Bella Italia' and 'Nando's'.
On the Travelodge the illuminated signage is up with added blue uplighters at night
Panoramic view from Townwall Street side - 14 Janaury 2018
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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as a thought, they could make a small route change to the 63 route to accomadate the st james project.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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They will not do that Brian as they have not allowed for bus pull ins .They want us to walk .
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Sue Nicholas wrote:They want us to walk .
Try to view it as part of the council's drive against obesity by encouraging exercise Sue.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Just saw this you beat me to it Karlos.
I am sure there are still more than enough eateries in town to negate this supposed loss.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Ha ha Bob.Not happy with DDC .
Guest 2210- Registered: 16 Aug 2017
- Posts: 53
No great loss! Average overpriced food and drink. Maybe get a pret in instead of costa coffee would be great as well
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I would prefer the old kind of coffee shop or quality cafe where the lush cakes or simple food was cooked from scratch rather than a packet opened and simply finished off behind the scenes.
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Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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No great loss and probably prevents the closure of an Italian eaterie elsewhere. The development has the architectural charm of a 1930s Soviet tenement block but beggars can't be choosers.
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PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
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Frankie & Benny's was to open in the Unit next to the Cineworld but has now pulled out (as per above posts). This site map (undated) but includes Iceland in Block A and Anytime Fitness in Block C (1st Floor) shows that Unit 1B alongside Cineworld is "Under Offer". Who?
The east bound carriageway of the A20 Townwall Street adjacent to the St James' site and Enterprise Cars now has no less than FOUR newly painted 'Keep Clear' road markings within the space of 150m before the Woolcomber Street Traffic Lights. The thinking behind which would apparently be to allow vehicles to enter and exit the Block A service area, and the same requirement for entrance to and exit from Enterprise Cars. Will all the thundering hgv's that travel to the port 24 hours a day 364 days a year take any note?
A recent drones-eye view of the St James site (and Dover Town) is at:
https://www.stjamesdover.co.uk/the-scheme
scroll down to "Virtual Tour" and click and drag the image to get a 360 degree view.
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Guest 2210- Registered: 16 Aug 2017
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Can't help but notice that Bella Italia has not started to be fitted from the new shots, another late withdrawal ?
PatrickS- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
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Richard Poyser of L&G was quoted by KentLive on 16th January as saying:
“With Nando’s, Costa Coffee and Cineworld still committed, we look forward to providing dining and leisure choices to customers after we open in February.”
Perhaps significantly there was no mention of Bella Italia in that statement. Another wait & see scenario to add to the problems of F&B pulling out.
Guest 1535- Registered: 27 May 2015
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We got big fat white buildings the same a DDCA school being built in this town cheap and nasty that all I say and in time will weather to a horrible filthy colour, that my opinion. I know we have white cliffs but to make the town full of huge ugly white buildings gone too far.
If only everyone could be kind and honest what a better world we would be in.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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amberleaf50, what white cliffs are they, last time I saw them they green and over grown with veggietation.
ps,. that was last month.
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Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
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Brian, my understanding is that the vegetation is purposely planted to help hold the chalk together
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