Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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12 January 2010
22:0237352#1
I see that that plans have now been submitted for the Giant Donkey !!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8455429.stm
Isn't their statement "If approved, it is estimated the sculpture could attract up to 60 million people each year" like saying the M25 has lots of visitors or so they expect all those people just to go stand under it
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 January 2010
22:2437359#2
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 January 2010
22:2737360#3
Here's one I made earlier with a bit of sticky back plastic and a coat hanger!
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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12 January 2010
22:5437364#4
Very nice too Jeane, (your`s), and rather than waste 2 million pounds on that false statue, why don`t they put a green field there instead for `REAL` horses to retire to. Seems to me Eurostar are making too much money. Bunch of incompetent idiot`s. And 60 million visitors a year visiting? Will that include passenger`s who`ll be there anyway? Perhaps rather than a giant white horse, a giant white elephant would have been more appropriate. Great posting Paul.
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Brian Dixon
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13 January 2010
07:3837381#5
two issues here,1,whos going to clean the horse poo up.2,will there be toilets there with a closed sign on it.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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13 January 2010
11:2037403#6
£2 million for a horse to greet visitors to Kent? Wouldn't a fraction of that cost be better spent on toilets for those visitors to be able to use?
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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13 January 2010
12:4037408#7
andy, im afraid they are closed.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 January 2010
20:0737465#8
i must admit i rather like statues, we have two great ones with the miner and the merchant seaman along the seafront.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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13 January 2010
20:1537467#9
So do I Howard, but I hope they didn`t cost us 2 million.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 January 2010
21:4737476#10
i trust not colin they are not 33 times the size of a horse.
the miner is admired by all who go past it, one of our past posters tried to have it half inched and taken to a country park. never happened though.
what do you think of the merchant seaman memorial statue?
i see it as very tastefull and fitting to those that perished.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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13 January 2010
22:0037480#11
It`s a fine piece Howard. My father was in the merchant navy in the last war, and I`m sure he`d have been happy with it.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 January 2010
22:5837489#12
interesting stuff colin, was his vessel comandeered during the unpleasantness?
i know that very many were and the untrained crew were thrown into situations alien to anything that they had imagined.
14 January 2010
00:1637496#13
A white horse. In Kent. Like the Invicta logo. Oh yeah, I get it. Well worth two million quid during a recession. Good one.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
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14 January 2010
00:2237499#14
Frankly it is complete and utter cobblers
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While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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14 January 2010
07:1937509#15
and the nearist glue factory is where.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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14 January 2010
10:5637522#16
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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14 January 2010
12:0937531#17
vic,do we need to scare the public,we are having enuogh trouble getting to here now.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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14 January 2010
12:3037533#18
Now thats a scary idea to replace Burlington House and revive that old idea of a Roman Legionary !!
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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14 January 2010
15:2037539#19
Re #12. Yes Howard, all the Southern Railway ferries were commadeered in 1939 when day tripper`s suddenly stopped going over to France for some reason. As far as I can remember, he was on the Hampton or Shepperton ferry, both of which were used for minelaying. Ed might know more on them.......PAUL. If that Roman was me, I`d be straight round the former Market Square, and leave you to guess what I`d do with that sword.
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14 January 2010
16:0037541#20
Been nice knowing you :)
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