11 January 2011
19:2488614Not so much chicken and egg as pheasant and shot.
Those houses are beautiful but really complicated internally. Personally, with a biggish family and a growing business I would love to take on one of the properties, but they will need a lot of work done to get them to a habitable state. But so worth it! And to attract a few well-heeled people to Dover would be fab. The shops are as we all know disappointing but perhaps, with the right entrepreneurial spirits attracted and some proper, creative, support from local reps, we can dream.....?
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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11 January 2011
19:2588615Even M&S in Dover is a mess, however. Given the closure of their Folkestone store sometime ago, you would have thought they would invest in the Dover store. Instead they seem hell bent on filling the aisles with so much stock that you simply cannot walk around the place. I have some experience having worked at the head office of a well known national retailer, and the old adage is "retail is detail". Regretably, I think the Dover M&S is very poor as a retail experience. Again, if only someone could persuade M&S to invest in a new, larger store in the St James' area, they would attract more customers from Dover, Folkestone, and the Continent.
11 January 2011
19:2888616I can only agree. And the detail is always crucial in services whether or not they are retail or personal. Some local services may need a reminder..........
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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11 January 2011
19:3488618I think this is what Barry was reminiscing about, interesting to compare it with Paul's picture on the current front page. No date on it unfortunately.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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11 January 2011
20:1988623M&S are much too cramped for easy shopping, they could always move up to the old Sainsbury building I would imagine the floor area is larger but maybe not central enough for them.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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11 January 2011
20:2488624I know it's been said before - by me many times, but I believe M & S would benefit by having separate stores for clothes and food. Each would be less cramped than they are now and each would benefit by having greater diversity of stock.
Roger
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
11 January 2011
20:3388626Just updating Kath's link, worth alook at:-
http://doverhistory.co.uk/streets-of-dover.html
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Over 4 years on from the start of the thread and I wondered earlier what state the interior is in.
Incidentally looks like Nostradamus posted no. 42.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,560
Prime residential properties, in any other town they would be snapped up.
Dover must have the only marina in the country without apartments around it. I assume DHB aren't interested?
Guest 1348- Registered: 20 Sep 2014
- Posts: 276
I thought they owned it? I know that Churchills paid rent to the DHB. if they do maybe they just leasing it and want someone else to develop it?
