Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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8 September 2010
22:0069401....we can only hope !!!!
But I have never seen such a video, it is usually an explosion, but this time-lapse shows how they would do it.....
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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8 September 2010
22:0769404Wow Paul, excellent piece, and it show`s that Townwall street wouldn`t have to be shut in the process. I`ll watch that again before I finish today.
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Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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8 September 2010
22:2169406aww gutted... i was hoping you were selling tickets to go sit and watch it all unfold from up Heights..
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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8 September 2010
23:1669417Fascinating, yesterday afternoon I saw 3 people abseiling down the east face of BH, thought perhaps they were making a start, but alas! No.
PG
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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8 September 2010
23:3969419I can't see Burlington house coming down in the near future, with all the spending cuts envisaged.
Nor a DTIZ going up either, for the same reason. It seems it will be a struggle to kep the public toilets open!
9 September 2010
12:3969477Don't get me started. What were they thinking when that monstrosity was built? It does not, and never has, added anything to the town, rather detracted from what would be a perfectly pleasant port. Ditto White Cliffs Experience, i.e. white elephant experience, and not even Maybrook House has been fully used. And what is this architectural feature of a round tower on the top of buildings, i.e. Marine Court and Old GPO building? Ugly and unnecessary!!
9 September 2010
12:5969487I notice the Dover Discovery Centre (or should I say, Dov r Dis over entre") signage is looking like a copy of the "Sunshine Desserts" signage from "The Rise and Fall of Reggie Perrin".
Why can't it be fixed?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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9 September 2010
13:3369491i rather like the d s ove y ce tr .
kent county council were aware that it need some outside tarting up, and it was on their shortlist.
what with all the cuts this may have changed.
mayabe our man at maidstone(nigel) could update us.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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9 September 2010
14:2369497It's true, D ver is fal i n to pi c s b t by bit.
Only trouble is, the bits we don't want stay where they are.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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9 September 2010
14:3069503I contacted KCC about the Discovery Centre some months ago and after some time, they wrote to me saying they will be working on it this Autumn I believe it was, so hopefully soon it will look good (again).
Roger
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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9 September 2010
18:3669547Yes, Sid, I noticed the Discovery Centre sign in its dishevelled state today, it is so noticeable tourists can't miss it !!
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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9 September 2010
18:5369558Can't have as many letters missing at the ROPE formerly known as the Roman Painted House
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Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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9 September 2010
19:5669577next time look at the discovery centre from townwall st roundabout
who is nicking all our letters and when do they go ?
as for burling ton house is it true it will not be dropped due to asbestos ?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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10 September 2010
06:5469645The Roman Painted House now has a banner all the way across; it looks so much better than before, where it looked uncared for and neglected - a bit like the Discovery Centre.
One thing I did notice looking at the video of that demolition, the building was made of concrete and those machines were like giant aliens eating it and then spewing it out.
Burlington House is mostly metal and glass, so I'm not sure how it would come down; didn't know about asbestos though, an added complication.
Roger
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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10 September 2010
07:5369651I do not know how many times I have said this over the years on the forum, in the local papers, at meeting,s in the town,so for the last time the coming down of the Burlington house as nothing to do with asbestos,this can be be taken down and got away very easy now not like ten years ago,it is not coming down because of the phone mast and platform on the roof of the building I told you all some four years ago it would not be down within the next 6years or so ,I will now say it will not come down within the next six years from today unless it becomes unsafe so lets hope that will be the case,but I do not think so.
10 September 2010
09:4369670I feel its a shame that Maybrook house isnt used for weddings no more
ive heard the new venue within the discovery center is pants
Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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15 September 2010
10:0470811see something broke a window , when i went past monday , great advert for the town
hope the local papers pick this up with the missing letters on the discovery centre
all we want now is a sign saying dover in disrepair keep moving , find the next town !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 September 2010
10:1470815That'll be,
Ma gate
Cant bury
Fart Corner
or
Lo on
I suppose?
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