Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Jan, the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and again and hoping for a different result.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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real thread drift, bit of a pity as the cgi plans are the biggest thing to happen in dover for decades.
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Yes that's true Howard, I think its a case of "we'll believe it when we see it".
I have zero confidence in DDC delivering the goods.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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they have delivered the goods by passing the plans david - now down to the secretary of state.
Guest 937- Registered: 12 May 2013
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Better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all!! Needs to be DDC's attitude from now on!! I will make every effort to attend the next Town Team Meeting David, if only to support what you're trying to do for the town. The easy bit is having the ideas but the real work comes bringing them to fruition.
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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howard mcsweeney1 wrote:they have delivered the goods by passing the plans david - now down to the secretary of state.
Oh come on Howard, passing plans can be done by anybody, its fulfilling them that is difficult.
Pauline's last line sums it up, Dover has been awash with plans and ideas for decades - why on earth don't they come to fruition?
Guest 937- Registered: 12 May 2013
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Re: 121 (don't have a key for the hash), I wonder if DDC is suffering from OCD? It is certainly displaying all the symptoms with it's repetitiveness. Can it be cured??
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the developers can do what they planned now david unless the secretary of state intervenes, the planning dept have been hammered on here and elsewhere for seeming intransigence in the past.
the plans are incredibly complicated but all has come good with great benefits for dover.
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
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Whilst the pessimist in me tells me that this will be another DTIZ disaster, I sincerely hope that the whole CGI thing proceeds; not just because of what it means for the historic environment, but also for Dover as a whole. This place needs a catalyst for regeneration - let's hope that this current timeframe is the 'bottom of the barrel' as far as Dover is concerned.
It would appear that thankfully (or should I say finally?) DDC planning seem to have stepped up to the mark and shown some imagination, let's hope that the council now steps away from the project and lets the professionals see the project through. The last thing that anyone needs now is for a bunch of semi-literate amateurs to keep sticking their fingers in the pie.
Of course, the other obstacle as far as turning the Drop Redoubt into a fully fledged tourist destination will be English Heritage...
Brian Dixon
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#121,david the first sign of madness is looking for hairs on the palm of your hand,the second sign is finding them.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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All we need is for people in the right places to have a can do attitude................
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Couldn't agree more Reg.
Roger
