Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,790
I admit ordinary internet banking is fine for transfers and statement checking. The problem I had meant a phone conversation with a lovely lady with such a strong Indian accent I kept having to get her to repeat her replies, very frustrating.
BTW what would have taken less than 30 mins at my bank in Dover took days to resolve as I had to wait for a letter via Royal Mail.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,845
The personal contact for many has been lo s t
Not everyone has, or is able to have internet .
Some excluded sad!the
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,892
Timpson boss says High Streets are thriving there because the country does not have UK-style retail parks
Does St James' count? Is it responsible for the death of Dover High Street or is it down to Tesco at Whitfield?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13304453/Germany-Timpson-High-Streets-thriving-UK-retail-parks.html "Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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I think it started when the council Decided to move stuff to Whitfield many years ago .
To add to this people's shopping habits have changed
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,989
It's almost as if those two things are related.
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 429
I think the fact that there are no parking charges at Whitfield helps a great deal. Plus ( despite what KCC/ DDC think) people like being able to put their shopping straight into the car - not lugging it onto a bus! As for St James’s I don’t find the need to use it very often, apart from M&S there’s nothing of much interest to me. I also can’t be bothered with the parking ticket hassle. Only venture to town for haircut and optician when necessary. Not long trips so can park in a side street for the duration .
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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But whitfields gains
Are the town centres losses
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,892
At least Ramsgate's improving! Could become the new Deal?
'The situation is so severe they even fear thousands of locals will be gone in three years.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13322875/Ramsgate-AirBnB-invasion-900-homes-holiday-lets.html"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Let's hope they succeed
Wonder when, or if Dover will improve
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Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,693
i suspect when people start to show some faith and stop "dissing" it as the yoof say
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,892
Plans for seven flats at former Lloyds Bank building, Market Square, Dover
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/flats-plan-in-former-town-centre-bank-305718/
(Thinks - How long before some idiot asks where they are all going to park their cars!)
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,892
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,892
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,469
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
- Posts: 1,016
more shops closing down towards the market ,It would help if they closed some of the shops at the top end of town and brought them down ,to the town centre the town council have more funds then they need so they could help with the cost of doing it and also help the shop keepers with setting them up and the district council help with a lower rent for two years.
Dover History Pages- Registered: 12 Dec 2020
- Posts: 29
victor matcham wrote:more shops closing down towards the market ,It would help if they closed some of the shops at the top end of town and brought them down ,to the town centre the town council have more funds then they need so they could help with the cost of doing it and also help the shop keepers with setting them up and the district council help with a lower rent for two years.
Considering TDC have about £1million in the bank and most commercial properties are £300-400k then it won't make any impact... and how can DDC reduce rent on buildings that they don't own ....
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Dover history
At least you understand the issue
It looks bleak around the market square
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
- Posts: 1,016
The DDC do own some I know one person that is renting one .
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,009
£1m, eh; you could underwrite a few allotments with that. Or a rec for Aycliffe maybe.
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