Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#1
Yes, we have a number of them in Dover. Some of the worst examples are in my neck of the woods. Just to take two, 5 London Road (the former bookies) a typical example of a patched up front, stirling board badly fitted to cover up a cracked window, and 53, the former newsagent, a real blot on the landscape.
Now what do I see? Number 17 next to the insurance place has be tastefully boarded. It's not my idea, it was put forward by Jeanette the LRCF secretary, but it could be made into something like Folkestone's Old High Street.
Any thoughts?
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#2
Most of those propherties belong to The Municipal Charities and are being dealt with.
Im attending a meeting on Thursday
#3
Dealt with?
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#4
Which shops do the Municipal Charities actually own, does anyone know for sure? What can we expect by the term 'dealt with'?
I hope something comes of this as currently for much of it's length London Road is an absolute ruinous disgrace.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#5
I'll post a link to my photos again:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doverpast/sets/72157603885015229/
Think all of the London Road ones are there
Paul
Been nice knowing you :)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#6
that stretch of london road is really depressing to walk down, with the dogeared looking takeaways etc.
the other side is worse, because you can see the grandeur that they were(some still are) and what they have been allowed to degenerate to.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#7
Yes alas it is a bit depressing in London Rd and once you start boarding places up you are in trouble. Not only does it look awful, particularly after a month or two as the boards deteriorate, but it gives out this hopeless air of dereliction thats hard to counteract, and this impacts on the other shops.
Do you remember they used to whitewash closed shops in the old days. This was much better and looked less fatal somehow. I dont know why they still dont do that. Its better image-wise.
NOTE FOR SCOTCHIE: Paul have made your link LIVE above. To make links LIVE just click the URL logo in the Smiley Box and type between the little url boxes...and wayhey!
Guest 654- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#8
Think District council needs to decide where town centre s.
then decide what happens to London Rd.
I recall our Terry trying to get town centre stretched to London road in new develpements, a great try, but still as far as im aware plans for london rd apart from municipial charities dont exist.
comments please
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#9
About four years ago we wrote to Municipal Charities asking what they were going to do about the state of their premises in London Road. After some months they replied asking which properties we were referring to! A good stall that. Instead of replying "all of them" we found out which ones they owned and replied numbering them. There was no reply from them.
Recently Jeanette wrote to them again and we received a semi positive answer. There seems to be a sea change in their attitude which can only be good (I hope).
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#10
On the seperate issue of where the town centre ends, well it seems to be Ladywell. This part of town is definately a seperate issue. It has a village feel about it, so much so that I am considering changing the name of LRCF to Charlton Village! It's almost accurate!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#11
that is the problem with so called "ribbon developments".
i would take "laywell" as a boundary too.