8 February 2008Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere
your digging it round and it oughta be square...
March 20: Further exciting news!! I'm not sure how much excitement the readership can take, but it is with overwhelming joy that I have to report that the main road ( both lanes westwards) is now open and fully functional. The holes have been filled in with manhole covers and in the dead of night the Highway guys took all the red cones away. We now have freeflow!
March 18:Well okay, this is not the most exciting spread of pictures ever. After all it's no easy task taking a picture of a hole in the ground. First you look at it this way, then you look at it that way, and no matter what way you look at it, the sad fact remains the same...ie..a hole is a hole is a hole. However I want to point out at this juncture, as this is a solid piece of journalism, that the hole on the left is not the same hole as the hole on the right. These are different holes, and there are even more spread about, but I wont burden the reader any further with yet more pictures of holes, as they all have a tendency to look the same.
Following on from a small piece of info on the New Letters Page earlier today, one was aghast to find that The Highways Agency, having only just completed the beautiful laying down of the new main road surface along the length of Townwall St, were with almost immediate effect proceeding to dig it up again. I am sure this procedure may make some sense in some quarters, but for the casual observer ..ie yours truly.. the whole thing looks bizarre. The phrase 'cart before horse' comes to mind, as to complete the road with such skill and beauty and then to take a jackhammer to it almost at once seems like sacrilege. But then I'm just a casual observer....what would I know!
March 10:
77 MPH winds.
Coastguard say it's the worst they have seen for years.
12.30pm: Huge waves are pounding the seafront wall with extreme force. The sheer volume of water thumping into the walls is actually incredible. Some of the highest waves seen in Dover. The waves thunder in with a huge earthshattering noise. It is both frightening and exciting to watch so a good many vehicles have come down to the seafront to see nature's full force display.
You can see what's left of an already beleagured beach shooting up within the waves in the picture on the left.
Breathtaking.
Heavy traffic build up today( thursday March 6) at the entrance to the docks. This of course is due to a combination of roadworks and the hugely popular(!)Operation Stack truck parking system. This is now running due to a Seafrance strike. Rumours that the strike was ending on monday were greatly exagerated as it lingers on and on and all is currently chaos. So far however the traffic is managing to move ...but slowly slowly does it!
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Local MP Gwyn Prosser showed his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day by and attending Deal Town Council's Holocaust Memorial Day service recently, and signing a Book of Commitment at the House of Commons to honour those killed in the Holocaust, and also to honour the individuals that risked their lives to help those being persecuted.The Book of Commitment has been placed in the House of Commons for Members of Parliament nationwide to sign and pledge their support for the annual day of remembrance on Sunday 27th January.
On the set of "The Other Boleyn Girl" are clockwise from left to right, local actress and photo ace Karol Steele. The blonde girl here needs no introduction unless you have been on planet Mars..but just in case, its Scarlett Johanssen. Last but not least and well known local movie maker in his own right..yes the legendary Mike McFarnell.
Pics and Info courtesy of Karol Steele.
A Hollywood blockbuster movie filmed at Dover Castle, and featuring several local people, is due to premiere at the end of February.
Scenes from The Other Boleyn Girl, starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana, were shot at the castle over five days in December 2006, and feature many local people as background artistes. The film, based on the best-selling novel by Philippa Gregory tells the story of the loves and lives of Anne and Mary Boleyn and struggle to win the affections of Henry VIII. Among the scenes shot at the castle were the executions of Anne and her brother George, played by Jim Sturgess.
Locals who took part in the scenes shot at the castle included: hotelier and Dover Pageant master Mike McFarnell, who played a cleric; Temple Ewell resident Beth White and Deal resident Edna Rogers as noblewomen; London westend actor and Temple Ewell resident Michael Anders as a nobleman; Dover photographer and actress Karol Steele as a Seymour noblewoman; Blackfish actors Hain MacSheoinin and Renato Amitrano playing several roles as servants, soldiers and peasants; and model and beauty queen Siobhan Hustler as lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn.
The film will premier in London on 29 February, and will go on general release on 7 March.
looks like a trip to ashford for the cinema.