Help For Heroes landing on Dover Beach
- 31 May 2010 10:4954231Oh some really great pictures there guys as PaulB said on the frontpage not to many people along the other end of the seafront seem to know what was going on.
And well done to the Red Devils that looked like one hairy jump. - 31 May 2010 11:0754232Sad to of missed a fab afternoon by looking at them excellent photos . well done to them all x
- 31 May 2010 11:0954234Shame we missed such a great afternoon - I do wish we had seen this sooner,and then we could have changed out plans - Lovely piccies, well done to all involved x x
- 31 May 2010 14:4454261Yes, a wonderful afternoon. Saw a few forumites down there:- Vic, Guzzler & Humphy, Ian, Barry W, Roger W, Modern Gent and I know there were others who I didn't get to see. A better turn out, and a privilege to be there. I am a complete loss, though, to understand why DDC fail to promote their own back yard for such an event. If the Daily Mail can do it, why can't DDC? I must have bumped into half a dozen local Eythorne residents today who knew nothing of it. They obviously don't look in on this forum, but the real question is why should Dover Forum be doing DDC's job for them? Is it that members here care for their town where DDC plainly doesn't?
Here are a few pics I took yesterday; a couple of good ones in here, methinks.
True friends stab you in the front. - 31 May 2010 15:2154271Hear Hear Andy
Ian said much the same on the first page of this thread. Whether it's DHB or DDC who should deal with publicising events in Dover doesn't matter. Surely there is a department set up which is just not doing the job. - 31 May 2010 20:4454322Can't blame DDC as they did not organise it and were not told about it until DHB applied for some road closures DHB have known about it for some while I understand. If it was not for certain individuals at DDC, Nigel Collor being one, we would have not heard anything at all...
It is very bad indeed that the organisers did not think to publicise this in Dover and the surrounding area. - 31 May 2010 20:5054324BarryW - I don't even think the details were on the H4H website itself !!Been nice knowing you :)
- 1 June 2010 12:3754420
Hitch hiker
Sue jones trying to upset the Marines by bringing a ton of pebbles on board.
Even the Vice Admiral desrves an ice cream.
And Kasey enjoyed the day too.grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - 1 June 2010 12:5354422What a fantastic thread this is. Well Done to all you Forumites out there, you have been busy!! Thank Goodness for this Forum
Great little shot of gorgeous Kasey there, Ian 
- 1 June 2010 15:2654473Saw these people trying to stowaway !!
Been nice knowing you :) - 1 June 2010 16:4154482Greeeeat, Thank you Paul, useless giving the camera to the missus, she would'nt know where to start.
I did ask the young Marine if he would like to swap jobs, He hummed and r'd till I told him I worked for the DGGS. Not a chance.
He hasn't been home for 4 months and guess where he lives?...... Maidstone
These guy's do us proud and very rarely a moan.
Kasey and not me insisted going onto the assault craft, we did have an invite onto the bridge but felt it better to decline so as not to cause to much disruption, I know what these Guys have to put up with.
Well done the lot of you. grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - 1 June 2010 18:1854488Great pictures again above. Ian, ref #88, they`re probably my legs on the POW pier mate. A useless bit of information for you.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 3 June 2010 18:5754747grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
- 3 June 2010 19:5854770The event organisers are ultimately responsible for promoting their event. What's more surprising is that they didn't make the most of this opportunity to raise even more money! They could have had collectors on the beach.
- 23 March 2011 12:3298245The Royal Fleet Auxiliary amphibious ship "Largs Bay" in the above shots is for sale as part of the defence cuts. She is nearly new and this is just one more example of how our defence budget is constantly being frittered away. There are several nations queuing up to buy her but fingers crossed that she goes to the Aussies.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Amphibious-Ship-For-Sale-RFA-LArgs-Bay-06808/ - 23 March 2011 17:3498263On another point according to the h4h website the cyclists are returning on the euro star from Parisbeer the food of the gods
- 9 April 2011 13:29100896
Pleased to say that Largs Bay has indeed been sold to the Aussies so she has gone to a good home.
She was sold for £65m and the cost of her recent construction was £150m.
As one Australian observer put it: "At this price can we put in an offer for the rest of the RN"
The P&O ship in the background was of course sold to Dubai many years ago.
The Port of Dover in the photo is also up for grabs.
Seaports, airports, railways, electricity, gas, nuclear, water, etc, all our infrastructure flogged off.
We must be the first country in history to have sold itself, the harlot of the Western world.
The proceeds of all these sell-offs have been peed up against the wall by the bankers in London and we are now deeper in debt than at any time in our peacetime history and leaving a legacy of austerity to the next generation.
How did we get it all so wrong?
http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=15989 - 9 April 2011 16:08100900a hard hitting post from ed there, these things happen over a period of time so nobody really thinks about it until it is too late.
i don't know of any other country that has sold off all of its best assets like ours has. - 9 April 2011 16:26100904Yes a very topical hard hitting post Ed for sure. I hate to bring politics into it but isnt this the equivalent of selling off the nations gold when the prices were low. The Tories were forever giving Labour a hard time on that one. Perhaps its not on the same scale but selling off the national assets for a pittance is surely terrible. The awful site of the Nimrod type planes being smashed was gut wrenching after they had cost millions. This is still being discussed by the chattering classes on Sky News etc.
The talking heads were also talking about the ship mentioned and shown by Ed there.
I believe the Ark Royal is on an internet auction site. Ive seen pictures of its listing on TV. More than a bit shameful that.email: dover7@msn.com
