Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
- Posts: 614
One of them will be KFC. They have already said they are moving from Market Square.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,992
Excellent news.
St James is fast becoming THE Kentish must-visit gastronomic delight. I expect full page spreads in the quality press any day.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 345
It's understandable. The location and offering is set-up for people en-route to the port. The problem is the businesses who are relocating there like KFC, M&S etc were key to keeping the old high street going. I fear we will lose the high street completely and just be left with this glorified service station which does nothing to reinvent Dover as a destination.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Put the flags out Kaspa's will be opening on the morrow with their gut busting range of desserts.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,992
Dover Pilot wrote:............ and just be left with this glorified service station which does nothing to reinvent Dover as a destination.
Just wait until you see the plans for the old swimming pool site!
(See 'Dover Town Centre' on drop down menu
https://www.citycourtdevelopments.co.uk/our-developments.asp)
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,832
Re. The Captain's link.
404 - File or directory not found.
The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
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Gary39- Registered: 7 Jul 2017
- Posts: 450
I lived in Plymouth for years and exactly same happened there. They built a new indoor shopping centre at the top of the city centre. The bottom end of the city suffered due to lack of footfall.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,495
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,992
'Under negotiation'!
"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
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,495
The pdf is dated September 2017, so there must be a lot to negotiate.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,992
Well, well! Sittingbourne redevelopment not going so well now?
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/restaurant-firms-sign-up-for-town-s-revamp-202426/
As a councillor comments in the article referencing the Elwick Place project in Ashford. “The project includes a Travelodge Hotel, a six-screen cinema and eight restaurants. It opened in December with capital investment from council taxpayers and initial amnesties on rent.
"You may well recognise this
off-the-shelf uninspiring and commercially out-of-date model of regeneration. It is in trouble and has been accurately described by an Ashford Labour councillor as ‘ghost town’ "
There's a lot of it about!
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"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: 7,992
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,023
Well said Bob
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,039
That's my Council Tax spoken for for the foreseeable future then; no playground facilities from me!
(Not my real name.)
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,992
13.30 today in Tumbleweed Town.
"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: 7,992
Over 30% of units still not let (and those let seeking rent reduction from landlord as I speak!)
a) I'm glad my pension is not with L&G.
b) Councillors who were responsible for allowing this to go ahead over the past two decades without pulling the plug should hang their heads in shame as they are not fit for public office due to general stupidity.
c) Officers responsible for this farce should resign and find something more suitable to their skill set e.g. supermarket checkout.
I repeat -
£12,945,358 of PUBLIC money "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,832
I still have not been down there, for me it is not worth the effort even though I still have an M&S voucher I have yet to spend. Maybe if one of those nine empty units end up with a shop that sells something I desperately need I will make the trip.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,495
There are less gaps on the store map. is Hancock's open yet?
https://www.stjames-dover.co.uk/store-map/Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,023
Yes Jan.Its not worth the effort . Twenty five minutes on the bus then that bleak walk to. St James,s
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
allways look on the bright side you two, think of all that fresh air and exersize you are getting,
