victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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At my age the only event Igo to is my bed and thats not each night,
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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As an outsider looking in it seems our councillors are a bunch of wimps who follow like sheep the advice or is it dictate of the office wallahs.
Some bright spark thinks of an idea like these ridiculous parklets or on a bigger scale the proposed Market Square or the Western Heights park thing and the councillors simply agree.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Yes a lot of sheep
Bob Whysman- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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victor matcham wrote:At my age the only event Igo to is my bed and thats not each night,
Blimey Vic, your ceiling must be taking a hammering!
Do nothing and nothing happens.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
which breed of sheep would be that then.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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My question is
Why didn't our elected Mr collor know of the unelected persons project ?
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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ask the pub landlord, he will know, lol
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
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Oh dear Keith , you certainly do go on about poor Nigel Collor. It’s becoming tedious. Your personal animosity certainly comes to the fore.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Agree Paul .Nigel was very quick to respond to My email to him.Ones personal life should not be a matter of comment on this forum.We can all agree to differ sometimes but never make a personal attack .
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Paul your wrong
At the moment Nigel is the councillor
If it were another cllr i do the same
The elected bit should interest everyone
Of course sue your party members would reply to you
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I hope this is not going to turn into yet another slinging match by those who feel they must have the last word along the lines of the party I support/don't belong to.
I now wish I hadn't posted about the parklets going.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Jan I agree .The other KCC member was not mentioned .I find it all so negative .Nigel has not had a good year .Everyone is entitled to have a private life.The Parklets are going .Hurah
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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Events
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Sue Nicholas wrote:Jan I agree .The other KCC member was not mentioned .I find it all so negative .Nigel has not had a good year .Everyone is entitled to have a private life.The Parklets are going .Hurah
Sometimes he appears to be his own worst enemy, regardless of your political standpoint.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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If I'm honest I don't even know the other guys name
And yes hes as guilty as Nigel
So not knowing the other guy says a lot !
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Back to events
Next up St Martin's church church road
Second Thursday of Nov
Coffee morning 0930
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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This Saturday
Clarendon and Westbury community association
Xmas fayre in the hall , Belgrave rd
1200-1600
Santa's grotto
Stalls
Tea coffee etc
Tobola
Plus much more
Details 07780630533
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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The Clarendon and Westbury community association are very good and been going a long time now,many years ago I did try to run a boxing club from there but it was football they wanted.It was my old school in the 1940s amd I lived in Westbury rd with my family over 30years it was a good st then with the pub on the corner I have fond memories of living up there and I am glad they found a good cause for the old school after it closed .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Just to answer the above at the time the area was in need of a football club and the youth at that time had no interest in boxing so we do things what the youth want no what we think they want . With the school being open in the 1800s the place is steeped with history.
On the wall we have put parents, and pupils who attended the school some years back .
It all came about after the Christchurch school was to full thus the school opened in Belgrave rd as an overflow.
This went on for some years until Vale view primary school opened then the school in Belgrave rd closed
A lady came down from London called Betty Whitfield and got some of the movers and shakers together and in the 80s with no funds we met in a caravan in the old playground .
In those days people could still smoke, imagine that !!
Betty with Cannon Pollard s very big noise at the time wanted to raise £15,000 to buy the present building.
At the time people scoffed because that was like a
Million pounds today.
But Betty (before the national lottery) had a weekly draw winnings of £5, _3, and £1
And got the committee to knock on doors to get people to join the draw.
With a number of other find raising initiatives with her committee she raised the Dosh
Thus the association has kept the link with the local church, and the present day vicar Melissa serves on the committee, as have many involved in the church over the years.
Betty (sadly no longer with us )
After all her hard work became president which she was proud of, and she was recognised as a true leader.
The chairpeople changed over the years and it was always thought it wouldn't find the people to continue, but it always did , right up to today when I am honoured to follow in the footsteps of Betty as chairperson of the association, and today after a very difficult year following the pandemic, new members have continued to join and I'm pleased to report the hall is very nearly full!!..
From martial arts , to coffee mornings , to mums and toddlers, knit and natter, bingo three church groups ,
Plus much more.
Things look bright for the future .
Without Betty's vision in the 80s this would never have happened .
Thank you Betty
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