Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
caseys had a small outlet at aminas when it was open.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
up and running with a very attractive layout.
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
- Posts: 622
Looks like a great addition to the town centre, Howard.
Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
- Posts: 759
ooohhhh lovely a bakery in town.... i love that x
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
some very tempting items on display heike same as at casey's in the charlton centre.
individual bakers are dying out in many towns due to the supermarket giants having them instore but dover has the two mentioned above, greig's, 2 branches of vane's and one along the london road whose name escapes me.
there may be more that i have missed.
Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
- Posts: 759
not keen on greggs x but will deffo try this one out x
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
One now open in Barton rd,they were Q up to get in there when I drove by hot drinks and seats to sit down to inside.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,528
Gomes - on the corner of Lorne Road & Buckland Avenue.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Than you Mr Karlos and you are right if we can park along there at some point we will try them them out.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
another town team initiative, putting vintage photographs in the windows of empty shops.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
No wonder we have empty shops, look at the asking rent on
this one in Pencester Rd. And as it's owned by a property company there will be VAT on top, making it £21k or over £400 a week.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,528
It seems that the book shop opposite the town hall is relocating to Margate.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/nothing-to-keep-book-shop-open-17566/
The owner of the Hooked on Books shop in Dover is moving because trade is slow in the high street.
Gary Belsey, from Broadstairs, has occupied the shop for 16 years in the high street but has been forced to leave due to a lack of trade.
Instead, the shop owner is relocating to Margate's old town, as he feels "things are happening there."
Hooked on Books in Dover high street is relocating to Margate
Mr Belsey said: "It is no longer possible to stay here so I decided to move, there is just not enough trade to keep the shop going. I have lots of loyal customers and it is sad to have to leave them.
"Although Margate has its problems the old town is improving, hopefully it will be a better place."
The businessman also said that Dover has "nothing new".
"Nothing is changing in the town, although they talk about the development nothing is new in Dover," he said.
Personally I stopped going in there years ago, I found him to be so miserable and not really making an effort to push his business.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,864
When I was at the Age Concern shop he used to buy a lot of 50p paperbacks, I always found him very pleasant to serve. To be honest I am surprised he has lasted so long, so many no longer seem to read an ordinary book preferring E-books.
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Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
- Posts: 458
What a shame, but maybe just another sign of the times, I like books, but many of my friends now use a kindle instead and I don't surpose there will be a market for second-hand e-books?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I still prefer a real book to a kindle but in an age where we have electronic everything, even cigarettes, the future does not look good for book shops.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,864
I have just seen on Facebook that the Floor Store Kent carpet shop opening in Worthington Street on Saturday, yet another shop that will be in use which can only be a good thing for the town.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,528
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Dover-butchers-year-owners-confirm/story-21193920-detail/story.html
ROOK'S will move its Dover store to Market Square next year, its owners have confirmed.
The butchers will shift from 8 Biggin Street into the unit next to Barclays.
Julie Rook, from JC Rook & Sons, said: "We've been renting for 50 years and thought it was about time we bought somewhere.
"The current premises is not for sale, so we've had to buy another one.
"It's a similar size and shows our confidence in the way Dover is going.
"We're investing a considerable amount of cash in the town because we really believe in it."
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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A lot of recent activity over that side of town with Darville's opening, the flotilla coming back under a new name, Pier 3 reinventing itself as Peter 3, the micropub/brewery in Market square now Rook's relocating there.
This is what Jan referred to earlier.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Hopefully it will be not too long before this unit is taken again.
