Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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#41
if we knew the tv cameras were coming we should have made an effort
how many times has a football ground been half empty on sky ?
there answer they put all the fans in the part opposite the cameras , i think england have done this as well at wembley
#42
Peter - I am waving to you in Pedants Corner from Semantics Crescent.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#43
if i can join in the pedantry, i would like to point out that while our suburbs are populated by "nice " people who make jam and invite the vicar round for high tea, in france they are places that poor people(mostly immigrants) are thrust so that they can not upset the sensibilities of the middle classes.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#44
No Howard they are not suburbs but ghettoes. Big difference.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#45
peter
the point i am making is that is what the french call them.
#46
The original point of this thread seems to have been lost, but may I just point out that it was pretty embarassing to see the Market Square on the BBC news because very obviously there were only about 20 people there, so any chairs would have been wasted. Sure, maybe Council could have put bunting out, but there was nothing to prevent individuals doing their bit, and if they did not, if just shows their indifference.
Keith Sansum1
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#47
the day varied across Dover, yes the councils could have takan a lead, but a number of houses/streets throughout Dover did have bunting, and were partying
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Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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#48
On Royal Wedding day, ahem, everyone was in Deal (many Dovorians included). Deal does it correctly. Deal gets it right. The seafront piazza was absolutely packed; a riot of colour, bunting, music, fun and laughter.
Come on 'authorities'...sort out my hometown (Dover) once and for all. Saddened and angry at the apathy.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#49
Andrew, perhaps Deal Town Council could spare some time to show their Dovorian counterparts how to demonstrate some civic pride?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#50
We (the DWMP) have an exhibition created in honour of the Royal Wedding. Part of it is now on display in a cabinet at Dover library (at the moment in the corner of adult library as the gallery is being refurbished).
The exhibition was, over the Royal Wedding period, in Jenni's "Brides of Faversham" shop in Castle Street, to help with her fund-raising for the Royal British Legion who are celebrating their 90th anniversary this year. Jenni ran a "guess the dress" competition, and tells me there was a lot of interest
. She also took the displays up to children at one of our local schools.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#51
I put up my Will and Kate bunting all around my house as did all my neighbours, the street was closed off for a big party, the Jazz Band was playing all day long, great fun was had by all finishing with a conga dance up and down the avenue.