howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 January 2011
20:5789934#21
keep us informed vic, i have a strong feeling that the shop and staff will be there for a long while yet.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 January 2011
22:3889938#22
They have not heard anything yet,and tell me they have been down this road before but are still there.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
23 January 2011
08:0489948#23
The Manager said that Tuesday (25th.) is the date the Administrators will decide - she said it only happened last Thursday, so that will be a very quick decision if it is made on Tuesday.
Roger
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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24 January 2011
20:1590127#24
I passed by the shop today and unfortunately it has 'Closing down - Everything Must Go' signs in the windows
24 January 2011
20:4090130#25
Dammit. Another resource goes. I will have to go to Canterbury for art stuff. I can't believe there isn't a space for this shop in Dover. Smiths is rubbish!!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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24 January 2011
21:3990134#26
hasn't closed yet, if everything has to go why have the prices not dropped?
see too many "closing down sales" to take them seriously.
i remember "savers" being on their uppers about this time last year, they were renegotiating rents with their landlords.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
- Posts: 778
24 January 2011
21:4090135#27
Bern if you tell me what you want I can pick it up in Faversham and have it in the shop for you..
there is a very nice arty type shop in Faversham, I am here Mondays and Tuesdays and hubby walks to work past it most mornings.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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24 January 2011
21:4190136#28
I've written a letter for the administrators and gave it to the Manager today.
It might, just might make a difference coming from the Channel Chamber's Dover Business Support and Work Placement Manager, we'll see.
You have to try don't you ?
Roger
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
25 January 2011
08:5490163#29
Well done Roger with that effort. It will be a great shame to lose this shop. Its window display itself was a great source of information. I never knew there were so many books about Dover until that shop opened.
Guest 708- Registered: 22 Dec 2010
- Posts: 102
25 January 2011
21:2890264#30
My wife and her sister, did some craft demonstrations in the shop on a couple of Saturdays which went down well.
25 January 2011
22:2790271#31
I had a chat with one of the ladies in there the other day and she said it's horrible not knowing what will happen to them. I feel so sorry for the staff who are always so bright and helpful. Good luck to them all.
8 February 2011
17:5391984#32
On the news WHSmith has taken on 22 of the shops.Paid £1million.
On BBC Kent webpage gives a list but Dover not on the list. Several of the shops they have purchased they also have a WHSmith in that town.
As on earlier items on this thread this retailer gives such a wide selection and the staff at Dover shop are superb examples of good customer service
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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8 February 2011
19:1091995#33
You beat me to it Pat - well done.
If W.H. Smith has bought them out, they'll not need two shops in Dover - I wonder how it will develop.
Roger
8 February 2011
19:5192003#34
Yes Roger but Dover is not on the list of shops purchased by WHSmith so Dover shop still looking for a buyer.
Like you where WHSmith already have a shop and have now purchased another in the same town will be interesting to see what eventually happens, although I think , certainly in Dover, British Bookshops have always had a much wider choice than at WHSmith
9 February 2011
20:4292097#35
Smiths is rubbish - I like British Bookshops for their art stuff, good choice and good prices.
DT1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 15 Apr 2008
- Posts: 1,116
9 February 2011
20:5292098#36
WHSmiths is nowhere near as good. It is a real shame as they always had a good range.
Saying that WHSmiths will always have a fond place in my heart. I was a Saturday boy there for a good few years (the old shop on the corner).
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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9 February 2011
21:0792102#37
i never think of smiths as a book shop, much more a shop that sells books amongst other things.
their board must think the same, otherwise they would not be snapping up a rival to operate in opposition to them.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
9 February 2011
22:3292111#38
Smiths seems to have lost their identity, our one is gloomy with a messy layout and a cramped feeling . I much prefer Sussex clean, bright and well laid out.
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9 February 2011
22:3892113#39
I agree -Smiths is something and nothing, jack of all trades etc, not good at anything.
