Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
...............and I see that the former Rooks shop is now let!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
They must have lowered the rent by quite a lot to make it appealing to a new retailer.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
I think it was dorathy perkins howard.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Rather a depressing sight to see four shops in a row vacant and looking run down.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,864
Agreed Howard and the empty planter does not exactly help to improve the depressing vista.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Good point about the planter Jan, usually the French lady looks after them with bulbs and plants supplied by DDC. Hopefully by Summer all planters will be flowering again.
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,253
The planters are due to be replanted for summer shortly, it would help if Dovers dregs didn't keep ripping them out on a Friday and Saturday night, but sadly that won't change anytime soon!
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Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Went past Rook's earlier and is back as "To Let" there was a chap inside using a mobile phone wearing a butcher's apron.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Do you mean the one in Market Square?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
No the old Rook's shop and a rumour going around is that a business called Taylor's meats will be opening there.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Rooks will be most put out with the new butcher getting by far the best footfall.
http://www.yourbutchers.com/taylor-meats/Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,864
Serves Rooks right after all they chose to move to a quiet area of town. I certainly hope the rumours are correct.
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Guest 706- Registered: 25 Oct 2010
- Posts: 285
I asked the man, who was in there this morning, if it was going to be a butchers and he said "yes".
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,864
The new butchers Taylors are hoping to open in three weeks.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
New shop opened near the Bingo Hall.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
This display has been in the old "Internacionale" shop for a while, I don't know who is responsible or what message they are trying to get across.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,253
I think the display was the result of an Easter or Feb half term workshop that was in the Internacionale store, i wish our councils would do similar works in all the empty store windows.
Maybe give a window to each primary school to decorate or each secondary school art department, no school ever has enough room to display all their accumulated art.
None of it is rocket science but none of our elected bodies seem interested or bothered.
Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Can't blame the Councils on this Reg, the Town team have decorated some shops but most landlords will not give them permission to decorate.
