howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the above is really taking shape now with a very bright and cheerful exterior.
this together with the new tea room opposite, will help convince people coming from the ships that they have not entered a no-go area.
such a pity about the fire damaged building there.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I only got fleeting glace of it today, but it certainly looks an improvement (shame that Mr JG lets his buildings fall into dereliction before being demolished
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Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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They were bought for investment and even in a derelict state, increased in value over what he paid for them; similar to those old dilapidated buildings, just before East Cliff - what an eyesore.
Stick an enforcement notice on the owner.
Roger
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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Can someone take a photo of the old indoor market taking shape, and put it on this website? Haven't had a chance to get down there recently to have a look. Sounds promising though. See, we CAN make a virtue out of s**t post-war buildings!
Now for The Crypt, JGs, Snoops, the old King Street Post Office (lovely building by the way - look up and you'll see - how about a primary colour lick of paint a la Tontine Street?), Walter & Son, Britannia, Bench Street etc etc etc...
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Here we are Andrew. especially for yer goodself...
"Gadzooks!!" said the onlooker.."has someone at last found a paintpot."
Although to be serious for a minute it is good to be able to show something positive happening.
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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I like it, Paul. Thanks very much for that. Onwards and upwards.
I hope that no misguided 'rebranding' goon goes and removes the "Dover Indoor Markets" sign from above. It retains a certain rustic charm; and the trend is not to rebadge old buildings when they assume a new use. I'm thinking in particular of examples such as that gallery at the top of the Old High Street in Folkestone, which retains its original "Mence Smith" shop logo...and there are innumerable examples of this sort of thing in east London's edgiest arty districts - for instance, a very chi-chi bar in Bethnal Green retains its 1970s "Jaguar Shoes" shopfront, nodding to its previous incarnation as a discount footwear store.
So here's to "Dover Indoor Markets" galleries - good stuff. We should remember that improvements to the "public realm" (feel free to shoot me for using such dreadful council jargon) will greatly benefit the lot of everyone, such as the old lady having a breather on that bench in the picture. The poor old girl is probably sick and tired of traipsing round a bombsite where the once-nice King Street/Queen Street/Bench Street/New Bridge used to be. Dovorians of all ages (but especially the older generation) deserve much better. And blimey, the town really does have SO MUCH POTENTIAL!
"Winmore Enterprises" reinvented as a trendy gastropub, anyone? Er, perhaps on this occasion I'll steer clear of the bookies...
But let's all keep thinking imaginatively leftfield in terms of Dover's regeneration. Let's inject some humour and fun into the proceedings. It's all about perception.
Allez Douvres!
Andy
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
has the prson painting the the old indoor market cot a city and guilds certificate andhis own paint brushes.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
the picture does not do it full credit.
we are all depressed after rushing through that area, it will look really attractive when finished.
might even encourage an entrepreneurial type to open up the old post office.
