howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i think it was posh barry that spoke about the site transformation, this is how it looks today.
what is not visible from the road are a series of plant troughs with shoots coming through, will look great when they grow and come into flower.
you can see from the picture a couple of troughs with shrubs either side of the offices, a real improvement for the town.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I agree but now look on the other side of the ROAD THERE.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Woolcome Street surely .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i was standing with my back to that when taking the photo.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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just behind that is the old blues club when I was in that party with Mrs Cotten.
Guest 706- Registered: 25 Oct 2010
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What is C.M.W?
Why are these sheds in front of the lovely houses?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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They are the same as the wall behind them,so look at them or look at the wall.And I think they are better than the old wall behind them.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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those buildings may have been lovely in the past, nowadays they are in advanced state of neglect.
Guest 706- Registered: 25 Oct 2010
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I see now where they are. I thought they were in Maison Dieu road
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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they are in maison dieu road penny, near to the leisure centre.
Guest 679- Registered: 7 Sep 2008
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I'd say the buildings are far from an advanced state of neglet Howard. Bob Adams, who own the old conservative club, is constantly having work done to keep them from just that...& that is from as far away as the south of France, where he is now!
Only last week I saw someone cleaning all the windows & the porchways of the building. In the autumn he had all the trees & shrubs trimmed as well to keep it tidy. The building is still occupied so it can't be that bad can it.
On another note, I would say that 'the sheds' are a far better sight than what was there before Penny!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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jeanette
from a distance flaky paint on the windows could be seen.
Howard, sorry that really is Woolcoomber Street. When I was a lowly clerk at Knocker, Elwin and Lambert in Castle Street, there used to be a transport cafe there which sold the best cheese and tomato rolls I have ever tasted! The buildings shown behind the cabin/shed/hut/whatever are on Castle Hill. They certainly do not look run down from the front, though I cannot imagine that they ever get much sun in the front which would make them seem a bit dismal.
Guest 679- Registered: 7 Sep 2008
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It is Maison Dieu....I can see the road sign from the pub
I would hardly constitute some flaky paint as an advanced state of neglet but hey ho we all have different ideas of things.
I know a million ways to always pick the wrong thing to say
You are right. I was wrong. Sorry but I always thought Woolcomber Street started from the bottom of Castle Hill.
However, I always think it is a very interesting name, and suggests that there must have been quite a trade going on in the area. I wonder if they were combing imported fleeces, and if then the wool was spun in Dover, or sent inland.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i always thought it was local wool that was combed in the cottages there, will have to look up scotchie's book to see if it is in there.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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http://www.doverhistory.co.uk/streets-of-dover/details/39/358.html
Woolcomber Street
"This little street was built on land, which had gradually been formed since 1500 when an old harbour situated here had became useless. Before houses were built the lower part of the street was occupied by Saltpans where the sea water was evaporated by different processes and salt made. Long after these works had been done away with the spot was called Salt's or Saltpans. In the days when a great deal of smuggling was done in Dover there was a portion of this where smugglers hoards were put and ingeniously covered with piles of sand and rubbish, the sand being brought on the back of donkeys who had to cross a little bridge which spanned a small stream flowing towards the river. Opposite the smugglers hiding place on the ground now occupied by Busseys coal store the Quakers had a burying place till 1830. The rest of the street consisted chiefly of premises for wool-combing belonging to wool merchants in the town. When the industry was no longer carried on in Dover and houses were built the name Woolcomber was given to the street."
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Thanks Paul. Very interesting. Shall put this link into my favourites list.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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This morning I dropped into CMW as it looked as if they were about to open for business, as indeed they were. Had a chat with the boss man who told me that the council's planning experts had originally told him that his application was likely to be turned down because the planned development was 'too smart for the area'.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Jan Higgins
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