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All this Community Minded Spin these past 10 years, via the Chief Executives Bob Goldfinger and Tim Maggott concerning the Dover Harbour Board has been a model of Machiavellian deceit.
No-body has ever stood up to them. Those that do, are either, buried in time, bought on the Board, or their non-discussion Forum, or sacked.
They have now barricaded any access beyond Cambridge Road. The lovely flat beach, near the now destroyed Prince of Wales Pier is finished.
The Clock Tower is shut to everyone, and will no doubt be dismantled, yet again. Cambridge Terrace sits rotting away, whilst a fortune is being spent on yet more Dover Harbour Board offices. Now to be situated in or in a 3rd of Braderie Wharf.
220 million of borrowed money, which in a way is a sell-off for this night-mare to unfold.
I sorry, but looking at our promenade now, which used to be full of seats. flowers, boats and people.
People who used to picnic on the flat grass areas, or sit in the shade under a tree. Very simple pursuits, which have been culled. The wavy, pressed cement whatevers, are blackened and green with algae. The so-called meadow gardens, are wastelands.
No-body does the up-keep, there is no glory in that.
The whole sorry debacle of the "People's Port" when everyone was ask what they wanted from Dover Harbour Board and integreation with the Town of Dover behind it. Reminds me of Wat Tyler and the Peasant's Revolt. The King, the nobles and the barons, nodded to it all, promised this and that. Then bumped them all off.
The Dover Harbour Board now, is so unpopular, you just could not measure it. It is looked on as a dictatorship and they will do just what they want to do. That is that.
However, there was a build up in the past of around 300 Cruise Ships coming into Dover, only around 90 this year. Many of those are turnarounds, which is no good to the Town. You scarcely see any boats, ships or activity in the Harbour, just the jolly ole ferries backwards and forwards.