howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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despite many representations to waste services by our 2 district councillors, a few summits at whitfield and waste services visiting the premises involved nothing has changed.
taken this afternoon .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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this is not a complete view of the situation - just a few examples.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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Don't you mean sequel?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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definitely prequel, that is what it looked like 5 years ago.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Ok
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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had to think on my feet with that one karlos.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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ten days on and no change, clearly no fines have been issued or serious action taken.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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It is very sad to see this well know road gone in this way but years ago we did tell the DDC that would happen.
When I was a lad living in Westbury rd most Sundays I would walk down to church that way with both my mum and dad and David .
Then all the rich folks lived down in Folkestone rd in the very big house and lovely gardens now look at it the houses are all one or two bed room flats the gardens are gone to make way for very full rubbish bins and untaxed cars etc in some ways I am glad both my mum and dad are not about to see the way not only Folkestone rd has gone but the whole of this great town of Dover.
For us old ones that have been living here from the war days it is very upsetting to see.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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The new gipsy police men will sort it out
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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ii feel embarrassed for dover when i walk that stretch of the folkestone road from belgrave road to the station.
interpreters have been brought in to explain to the residents their responsibilities but to no avail as they know the council will take no action.
there are still a few well kept guest houses that must be losing business because of the surroundings.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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What can one say ,but as I and others said if nothing is done we also could see Dover Collage go it was on the cards before at one time when I was talking to a pass head master.
Andy B
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My Aunt used to have a lovely guest house in Folkestone rd back in the 70s near the bridge.She was real houseproud and even sweep the pavement outside.When i drive through Folkestone rd nowdays i often wonder what she would think of it now.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Sorry but the blame is100% down to the D.D.C on this one also they must hold their hands up to the mess that Dover is in at this time.I am not talking about any developments apart from all the one and two bedroom flats yet they still are letting it happen.
To us the outsiders in all this it looks like they have said "Right we will put it all into Dover so it is in one area and keep Deal and Sandwich out of it.
Also at one time we were told there will never be more then 250 overseas vistors (As I call them) ay any one time again that has turnout to be untrue when you go into the town it is getting hard to find any locals they have (1)moved away.) (2)Or do not come into the town anymore.
And you never see any police walking around ,they need to be on foot around the town24/7.
As I have said the councils of all powers over the last 40years have let Dover down by wasting big funds on plans etc that never came about '
Also in not caring about the local public of Dover and what they were saying they went ahead with bad planning and poor quality housing for outsiders and not caring for new good quality homes for familys most being local and Dover being their family homes when they were young like mine own .
They like a lot of others have moved away saying they would never come back to Dover because what has happen to it.
There needs to a U-turn by them on the housing needs of the local public of our town.STOP BUILDING THE ONE AND TWO BEDROOM FLATS . KEEP THE AREAS THEY ARE IN NOW LIKE FOLKESTONE ROAD CLEAN ALL THE TIME.
IF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE LIVING IN THEM WILL NOT KEEP TO THE LAW THEN GET THEM OUT .and thy must be turned back into family homes which are needed by local familys.
Sorry but this will never happen under any p/ party that is in power in Dover after the next election they will talk and tell you it will get better but in the real world that will never happen.
Is it to late to save this great town with its history going back to the Romans and the way it was bombed in the last war but got back on to its feet some of us are still about knowing what it was like and the great spirit and morals qualities of the public of Dover at that time now sady all gone.
Did the ones the lived and died in the wars in our town by the bombing die for nothing trying to keep the great name of Dover .
Well it looks like they did if they saw it like it is today even my own mum and dad would cry as we the ones that are left do.
Sorry but as a old man that has seen the very best of the town both in the wardays and just after that is the feeling we have.
And will die feeling it even if Dover can do a U-turn and become once again be turned into a great local town with local public and councils it is all to late for us older one.
What we are seeing today this a slow end to not only a great town but Dovers name and public that lived here was known all a around the world for standing up and fighting for its self and he nation.HELLFIRE CORNNER but very sady as we see it today that fighting spirit is dead and gone along with most of the real public of the town.
Again I am sorry for any bad wording of this but hard to write at this time in the morning and being very upset at this time yes there are drops in my eyes at this time. end
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Its not only Dover that is changing.
the rubbish problem can be sorted ,but some problems cannot
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10718868/English-taught-as-a-foreign-language-at-a-school-in-Leeds.html
Remind me again why eu membership is so good ?
Guest 1224- Registered: 9 Mar 2014
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Mr Bibby,
Africa, China, India, Pakistan are not in the EU.......they appear to be in Leeds so they are getting the benefit of the EU there.
Dover has much rubbish I see but there are many people I see each day who look but do nothing except images could help to clean up. Much help in Calais waiting to do do this job but not allowed in.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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it would be nice if the apparently fit and healthy young men that sit on the steps outside all day would clear it up themselves.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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The above post is right our overseas vistors who live there should be made to clean it all up and others that live there.
But NEVER NEVER in all my 71years on this planet have I seen so much rubbish from the Whitfield round about to the port and the cllrs and their staff who live in Deal their leader as well see it each day coming to work from a clean Deal right round and up the high street and London Rd near the old paper mill there are heeps of rubbish up against the walls even outside shops and it has been there for weeks Yes weeks when are we going to see a council both District and town take Action, why are they not on the phone to the highways dept to get the roads around Dover cleaned up and the company whos job it is to keep the town clean.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I have now taken this up with the district council of the rubbish round the back of the town hall and up London rd the case number if you wish to help is 201406800 as for Folkestone rd that is down to their own district and town cllrs to sort out.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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peter wallace and roger have both been busy on this one, taking their own photographs and sending them together with some of mine to waste services but nothing ever seems to happen. the overflowing bins behind the town hall is a longstanding problem and thanet leisure don't seem interested.
the former boston guest house doesn't have the problem of loose waste nowadays but is used as a dumping ground for unwanted furniture as seen below.
