howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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2 October 2009
19:2929697#1
work is going on to open another cafe as above.
seems a bit optimistic as there seems to be fewer retail outlets within to get footfall from.
the newly opened stall selling kent only produce is now newly closed.
another cafe has opened a few doors away too.
maybe they know something about regeneration that we don't?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
08:0129705#2
From talking to the Lady concerned Howard, she already operates another cafe in Dover and feels that opening this one in the market will do well - I believe it is to be called "Uncle Sams".
It is hoped/intended that it will bring much more people into the market to spend their money and enjoy her food.
Good Luck to her - hope it works. We do have a plethora of cafes in Dover, hope it's not one too many.
Roger
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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3 October 2009
08:0329706#3
but its nice to have a choise,such luxury allmost decadent.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 October 2009
09:0129709#4
we do need the market to be more busy and vibrant though for the cafe to succeed.
i go in their regularly and come out without buying anything, should not be that way.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
11:0729712#5
I would like to see the market hall open up again ,I think there is a call for it now,down that way it would help to get the public down there to.it could be a food market so that would not take them away from the other market,even if it were 3days aweek storeholders from outside the town and could also set up there and now the bad weather on its way it might just pay for itself.
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
11:3829713#6
Vic
The Market Hall was pulled down years ago, only the frontage was kept, and now that is part of the Dover Museum.
Sheila
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
14:5829723#7
I wonder if Vic meant the old indoor market in Bench Streeet by the under-pass ? If so there are moves afoot to give that another use, but negotiations are at a delicate stage so nothing can be said yet.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 October 2009
16:1029731#8
there have always been rumours about that site in bench street, the last one i heard was of an up market night club opening there, that was about 3 years ago.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
16:4629732#9
Yes that is the one I am on about,the public go around alot looking for good markets ,I love walking round them just look at the one that was at Folkstone,we are all looking for good buys at this time get the right folk running it and it would pay for itself.Last time was not agood time and not set up right,but i now think the time is right,it would also help to get other shops open again.
3 October 2009
21:3829771#10
If some nice foodie smells come out of the indoor market, and it is cleanand tidy, footfall might increase. The smell of good food is a popualr and perennial draw!!
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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3 October 2009
21:5729773#11
Shiela
i must be getting old i remember walking around the indoor market!!!
before it closed
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 October 2009
22:0529777#12
I was always in there with my mum and dad just after the war. It was always full up and sold most things and all the other shops in the town where doing well,the town was always full of the public,and in the 1950s I was standing on the streets selling the Star Newspaper.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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3 October 2009
22:0729779#13
my mum and dad were still thinking of making me exist in the 1950's lol
but i did visit the market in later years on a regular basis
