Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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14 February 2011
13:3292578I am away for a few days in a week or two and will be making the most of my EH mambership to enjoy a quieter visit to various places in the West Country, that will be out next year
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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14 February 2011
13:3492579During the quiet winter period, off-peak tourists are a lifesaver for Dover's B&B industry. No castle = no tourists. Maybe there's a Big Society answer to all this? Are you reading, Charlie?
PG.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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14 February 2011
18:3792609That's why EH should have allowed the accommodation groups to offer 2-4-1 vouchers Peter, instead of caving in/giving up and shutting Monday to Friday for 5 months.
It could have been put on the White Cliffs Country website, as well as that of those 2 groups.
Roger
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 February 2011
09:5692823Good to get some coverage on BBC Radio Kent this morning
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Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 February 2011
11:4392832And now the winter axe falls on Tintagel. This makes for familiar and depressing reading:
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/romantic-site-faces-winter-closure/article-3224698-detail/article.html
The economic impact of this on the local village probably outstrips that at Dover. Many of the forts on Hadrian's Wall also face this closure.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 February 2011
12:0092833Stated on the BBC that only 13% of visitors are over the winter months, but out of 360,000 visitors per year that is still 47,000 people to Dover Castle !!
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 February 2011
12:0792835Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 February 2011
14:0992858Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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17 February 2011
08:0492941These are very short-sghted actions taken by EH.
Local Managers shoud have been given the authority to discuss with local people and groups, inititiatives to increase visitor numbers during the winter period, not just close them.
All the groups and bodies in and around Dover should write to EH at Guildford asking them to keep Dover Castle open and the reason why and some initiatives that will help keep numbers coming to visit.
Roger
Brian Dixon
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17 February 2011
08:1192943the paraphrase flogging a dead horse springs to mind.quite depressing realy but its what you expect in this day and age and times of hardship.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 February 2011
09:4492954None of the cuts back come into play till next Nov/I am told, so some of it might not happen yet.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 February 2011
10:5592961that's right vic, but we cannot expect their experienced staff to wait aroundto see what happens if they are offered full time employment elsewhere.
it takes a lot of training to get people up to speed on historical sites.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 February 2011
13:1892973My current view is that it will come in this year so that they can standardise all the contracts for all the staff, then reopen next year fully with contracts that are standard and more favourable to EH....
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 February 2011
15:5693642re; post 53
speaking to a member of english heritage staff today i was told that there will be new contracts coming in soon with lower pay rates and less attractive pension terms.
needless to say everybody is feeling unsettled at the moment.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 February 2011
07:4493751And so unnecessary; whoever made this decision was wrong, very very wrong - not even trying other things first, it doesn't make economic sense; their marketing team must be very weak.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 February 2011
10:5193771i notice they have an event running all week at the castle for half term, i suppose this will not happen next year.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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22 February 2011
11:2993777Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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22 February 2011
17:5793817A Peoples Port is on the cards for Dover. Anyone fancy a Peoples Castle?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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22 February 2011
18:4893824If I heard the TV correctly Dover Castle is the most visited EH building.
Peter, yes
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 February 2011
18:5393828that's right jan, stonehenge is their most visited site, cannot be classed as a building until they put a roof on it though.
