Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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Howard/ Roger I work in the Folkestone Road remember so visit it and further along quite often. As I said there are problems but also with our yoof, the only difference is that the Eastern Europeans don't readily speak English.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
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Forgive for repeating my question in #2.
Where did you get your figures from Vic?
Mark Harper the Immigration Minister is visiting Dover soon, it would be nice to know the source so the question can be posed.
Personally I don't believe the figures if it refers to recent immigration i.e. last 5 years. I doubt the figure would be 10% of that figure.
It is also what people define as immigration & whether people refer to EU citizens as immigrants as opposed to migrants.
The question does not imply support or criticism just a request for clarification of the 5000 figure source.
Watty
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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john
cycling into priory station from where you live hardly takes in a grand tour of the folkestone road. i have just walked down it from town and it reminded me that next time i take a bus and don't look out of the windows. aside from the newer builds the rest are the equivalent of an open sewer.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Doesn't Nigel Farage work in Brussels?
He works in Belgium, where he receives a salary, and is aiming for the European elections in two years time.
Black pot spoke unto kettle?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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YOU can be both and why not.?Mr Goodwin you have to live up there and know the history of the area before all this took of,I lived and was my family home in Westbury RD for oover 40years,I would not like to live up there now just going up the Folkestone rd and the roads off it up set me to see the way it has gone down hill,you know nothing of the area and remark did not help. Just talk into the Dover Collage and aske them what they think about it all,it was only afew years ago they were talking about pulling out of Dover.You work in the railway station not in Folkestone RD.
Sorry Mr Watkins but you are going to have to find out like I did by going round and asking.Start with the numbers at our schools..
Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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You are so right Vic, years ago my daughter and her husband bought a nice house in Clarendon Street. Alas the road gradually filled up with the scum of Europe, she couldn't put washing out because they would steal it and even the kids toys were stolen. She sold up and moved to Whitfield.
Folkestone Road used to be a nicely kept road with property that was looked after and gardens that were well tended. Now its a deprived area and it shows and yes Vic walking up there is like being in a foreign country.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Thank you sir,when I was a town cllr up there it was so upseting seeing it going like that overnight.And with others we were trying to stop it,then the public up there voted me off the council after for years never could understand all that ,but in the pass now and all to late.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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my house faces clarendon street dave, about 5 years ago it was a total nightmare with the kids climbing into everyone's garden stealing or damaging anything they could.
things are a lot quieter now but the next road up, clarendon place now has a lot of problems - basically the area is used as a dumping ground.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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The above post is also right but the whole of Dover is a dumping ground.And as I said the public must make a stand and keep telling the D.D. C and geting the press on to it .
Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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Vic Matcham wrote:The above post is also right but the whole of Dover is a dumping ground.And as I said the public must make a stand and keep telling the D.D. C and geting the press on to it .
Ah so you want the whole town to be xenophobic !!!
Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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What do we do, have estate agents banning 'foreign' people from buying houses or renting them !
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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In Kentish tradition, a "foreigner" is anyone who is not from Kent or who is not married to someone from Kent.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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there will be changes as mentioned on another thread, mainly about rubbish spilling over pavements that will result in action from ddc.
dislike of squalor is not xenophobic.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I will have to look that word up.I only see black and white.
Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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Since when is it xenophobic to want to live in a peaceful, clean area, with people taking a pride in their community.
What we have is people from other parts who do not want to integrate with us, do not accept our way of life and clearly by the state of Folkestone Road are unable to come to grips with our way of life. Many are unable to speak English, live in filth and generally drag an area down to their level.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Again sir you are right,well Mr Wells over to you again,or Mr Goodwin. as you know
Folkestone rd so well.
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Just a question with no agenda, but has anyone tried to engage them with local problems and get them involved.
beer the food of the gods
Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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Vic Matcham wrote:The above post is also right but the whole of Dover is a dumping ground.And as I said the public must make a stand and keep telling the D.D. C and geting the press on to it .
A "dumping ground" for foreign people I assume you are implying? - If so what do you expect people to be reporting to DDC?
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Guzzler, I suggested once to DDC, when they came round asking questions about the neighbourhood, that they put up a play park so the children don't have to hang out on Folkestone Road all day among the passing traffic.
When I was a child, me and my mate had our very own play park on Western Heights, in an abandoned allotment, as big as 2 football pitches.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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tom
many attempts have been made to engage but they do not want to know.