River Dour update
- 17 August 2018 07:13348058im looking for a small piece of land to build and live on. Would have been nice place to live, but sadly, probably not a viable option due to cost and contamination issues.Judith Roberts likes this
- 17 August 2018 09:37348067If you done it in Scotland where the land still is at a small cost you could do it.and you would get help in the way of funds from the local highland council.
- Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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18 August 2018 22:46348128Depends how much dosh you have and how willing you are to part with it
and of course looking at value for that doshALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 30 August 2018 07:26348615Very limited budget, and want very good value for money, so I think I will need to keep looking.
- 27 October 2018 05:22350609Just to let people know. The section of the Dour upstream of Lorne road will be open as part of the river dour walk/talk today (Saturday) they are anticipating being on site around 3 o'clock. They will have the latest information about what is being done in the area.
- Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
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19 January 2019 11:44353666There is a willow grows aslant a brook,
That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream.
Not any more...
Nice view of the bit of brutal though, and those hanging leaves did play havock with your hairdo.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - 19 January 2019 20:43353693Shame they didn't knock down the building behind it.
- 20 January 2019 00:20353696Karlos wrote:Shame they didn't knock down the building behind it.
What is in that building these days? Is it still a telephone exchange?
As a kid, that building was our first encounter with just one door but a ton of doorbells (and an intercom). The urge to ginger knock it was just irresistible.
I still miss the short-cut that you used to be able to take by going behind what was Rooks and headed towards Ladywell. It still seems daft to me that that is closed off.
Oh damn. Typed all of that and have just realised that the building I am reminiscing about is not the one pictured. I was thinking of the one behind the bowling green as you look from that angle. (i.e. the ex telephone exchange. Does anyone know if that is still a telephone exchange?)
And...What is that building pictured? The ground floor is obvs a car park but I have never had an inkling what goes on above it. - Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
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20 January 2019 00:51353699All part of the same building TWD, and still in use, watched them lifting some computer cabinets in to the bottom big window in the picture just 2 days ago. No idea what its primary use is though!Arte et Marte - 20 January 2019 08:46353702You'd think in the this far into the 21st century a building that large would be unnecessary. Anything in it could be placed elsewhere, freeing up valuable town centre land.
- 20 January 2019 09:05353703Do you know how much of the building is in use? It never looks like a hive of activity. I thought it was disused.
- 20 January 2019 09:28353706Still in use .
- 20 January 2019 09:39353707I was told that it is being used for storage, of what and for whom I do not know.
- 17 April 2019 18:13356677The railings at the Beaconsfield end of Barton Path is now fenced off.
There has been a walkway built over the water, so presumably they're going to be repaired? - 18 April 2019 00:59356693They'll hopefully replace the Bridge Street ones next then. I'd still like to know why they were removed in the first place.
- 23 April 2019 21:20356844TheThinWhiteDuke wrote:They'll hopefully replace the Bridge Street ones next then. I'd still like to know why they were removed in the first place.
From facebook, no registration required.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2147443538643051&set=gm.2291342227554487&type=3&theater&ifg=1
In the comments
Tony Holman
Does anyone know what's happened to the Bridge Street railings near Morrisons?
Jenny Olpin They have been removed for restoration and will be re-welded back on completion. They too have not been removed for good!
Andrew Davis
Bridge street railings, they were removed to be shot blasted and should be installed back soon. Reason .... the lead content of paint on them was to high
Jan Higgins likes this - 26 April 2019 16:13356922Roadworks tonight
Bridge Street
Road closure tonight (26th April) for 1 night (18:00-04:00) at the A256 Maison Dieu Road junction.
This is to enable Kent County Council to carry out structural works (Weld steel railings back to their posts) - 26 April 2019 19:12356931Karlos wrote:From facebook, no registration required.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2147443538643051&set=gm.2291342227554487&type=3&theater&ifg=1
In the comments
Tony Holman
Does anyone know what's happened to the Bridge Street railings near Morrisons?
Jenny Olpin They have been removed for restoration and will be re-welded back on completion. They too have not been removed for good!
Andrew Davis
Bridge street railings, they were removed to be shot blasted and should be installed back soon. Reason .... the lead content of paint on them was to high
Nice. Thank you so much for the update (I'm still holding out on facebook).
Were people licking the paint then?
It was pretty much ritual for me to lean over said railings on every passing to look for fish. Should I have been holding my breath?
- 26 April 2019 19:44356933Walked by earlier, work has started.
I don't do facebook either.
Found the info here - Dover (Kent) History Pages - which is free to view.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/393747750647287 - 26 April 2019 23:06356934Karlos wrote:Walked by earlier, work has started.
I don't do facebook either.
Found the info here - Dover (Kent) History Pages - which is free to view.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/393747750647287
They were pretty much boxing the job off as I walked past within the last hour.
You say you don't do facebook - but then post a link that is facebook? That is still doing facebook that is.Brian Dixon, Jan Higgins and Paul M like this
