Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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17 August 2010
16:3865916#1
...in 1985.
Well done Rhys Griffiths of the Dover Express for digging out this 'jam tomorrow' gem from the local rag archives in his excellent blog:
http://rhysdgriffiths.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dosc250510market-1.jpg
It's worth a download. Just goes to show that nothing ever changes (blimey, I'm starting to sound like Vic Matcham here).
Floreat Dubris,
Andy
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 August 2010
20:1065960#2
Well nothing wrong with that because I was right then and i am now.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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17 August 2010
22:1365973#3
There in a nutshell is the problem we have in Dover.
I was on DDC at the time and the Roman Forum was the third development to fail on that site. Like so much of the DTIZ it was an expensive site, due to archaeology, to develop.
It was the failure of this development that led DDC to decide to take a completely new approach, threatened as we were by the Channel tunnel proposals.
A whole new tourism push including the development of the Old Town Gaol and the White Cliffs Experience. If we had not done that this site would still be a bomb site now. Instead we now have a decent museum, the bronze age boat gallery, a cinema and a library. The library and boat gallary were not part of the original concept of course but came later.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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17 August 2010
22:1865975#4
Well said Barry .
Oh those of little faith
18 August 2010
05:3865982#5
Lots yet to do, but Dover is scrubbing up nicely. Driving past the seafront the other day I thought how smart it looks, ditto the railway station - a good intro to Dover for travellers. Same cannot be said for the train journey in, sadly - the approach via train looks delapidated and dirty. Mustn't grumble!! Lots has been achieved.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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18 August 2010
09:1965996#6
fully agree bern the station area and seafront look sparkling and vibrant.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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18 August 2010
09:2565998#7
Vic - as a backer of development 'out of town' there has been massive investments since then in Whitfield, A20 built, Whitfield bypass, further expansion of the port, Discovery Centre, millions on the seafront and castle.
Dover had received a lot more than some areas...
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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18 August 2010
16:5266022#8
So everything's all right, then. Phew. That's me told.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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18 August 2010
19:2166057#9
i think you are being a bit unfair andrew, the two things i mentioned are the first real glimpse of dover for many people, they must get a good first impression.
market square comes to life now and again with film events and a saturday market which it hadn't done before.
not to everyones taste but still something new.
19 August 2010
05:1966149#10
No one in their right mind would say there was nothing left to do, but lots of improvements have been made and we should celebrate them. That doesn't stop us identifying and working on the other areas. It's time we owned the good bits as well as the bad!
19 August 2010
09:5666169#11
Well said Bern and Barry. I was on one my outings the other day, and despite everything I thought how I really do love Dover. I still say liberal applications of detergent and water and the occasional hoeing of weeds would do us a huge amount of good.
19 August 2010
11:4866175#12
That's what Santa said on his visit last Xmas, "Ho ho ho!!!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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20 August 2010
06:4366282#13
It is true that we do have some "well done" areas, but we must also face up to the fact that we have some "not well done" areas too and these are the ones we should concentrate on.
To my mind, the body that should be spear-heading this, is Dover Chamber of Commerce and the Business Support Manager; with co-operation and co-ordination with DDC and DTC.
When the Town looks good, the businesses will be supported more; when the businesses are supported more, we'll have a vibrant Town once again.
I know I've been castigated for saying so, but more co-ordination between the Cruise terminals and the Town - bunting will help, posters would too, notices in shop windows saying something like "Curiosity of Dover welcomes Cruise passengers".
Letting the passengers who do want to come into Dover, know about the shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants etc.
Early in the year, during a visit to Cruise Terminal Two, I made a suggestion to have a massive poster made up from my Discover Dover leaflet on the external wall of Cruise Terminal 2, so the passengers could see what Tourist attractions there were in Dover, also, the many quality shops, cafe's, pubs and restaurants here.
This was accepted by DHB as something that certainly could be progressed.
Around 3 months after I was sacked, I contacted DHB to ask if it could be progressed and was told that it could only be progressed through the Chamber of Commerce.
TheChamber had obviously not bothered with this and it could have been so good for Dover Town.
The three senior people were all there too. Are/were, they really interested in the welfare of Dover Town and the businesses here ?
Roger
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20 August 2010
09:4766294#14
Yes, Dover should be prepared to welcome visitors with open arms, their future livelihood depends on it.
Business have to make more effort to SHOW the visitors they are welcome.
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
20 August 2010
11:4366301#15
Roger, I despair. You appear to have so many good ideas than do not get implemented. It is a tragedy. What can any of us do?