Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
#1
Went on the new high speed train today from Ashford to London St Pancras in just over 30 mins,speed very impressive even more so as I was in the drivers cab on the way back,Nigel is on it tomorrow,bad news there is no bar Nigel.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
- Posts: 3,391
#2
Dont think he will bother then
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#3
how did you get in the drivers cab john?
you must have lied about your age.
did you come away with a bag of goodies?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#4
December's not far away now and I'm sure the next few months will fly by.
I thought all the "public realm" area was supposed to be completed by then, but walking over the bridge the other day, it still looked uncared for - the station building, the street scene and the waist-high weeds where the trees used to be.
Roger
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
#5
I like that one John.Perhaps when Nigel returns he will walk round his ward not just Castle Street .I have received complaints re the weeds etc growing in Park Avenue ,Castle Avenue
Sometimes you need your feet on the ground .Its groundwork that counts.
I think I should have been invited John I could have worn my Tory Blue hat .,
#6
You could all have taken tea in the drivers cab and made use of the newly-knitted tea cosy!
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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#7
Got on the train and the cab as Southeastern drive to convince thier staff on how good the trains are,no goodies Howard in fact the only reward was a 13 hour day.
No refeshments are served on the train not even tea the reason you try getting thru a 6 car train supplying tea and then having time to drink it in 30mins
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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#8
b ut it will be good for Dover????/
Get to st pancras that much quicker if you want to go there
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#9
i still see the positive side, not all of dovorians will be willing to pay the supplement.
nevertheless city high flyers with an income like posh barry will start to look at dover as a very nice escape at the end of a stressful day, with lower property prices.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,709
#10
As someone who commutes every day to the City it certainly appeals to me the prospect of saving almost 2 hours a day on my travel time.
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#11
All we need to do now is have a Dover where people with lots of (or even some) spending money.
Quality houses don't always have to mean new houses; there's some lovely Victorian houses up Folkestone Road, that before the developers moved in and converted them to a 100 little boxes per building for renting out - creating a transient population that don't give a stuff where they live, were good quality homes and houses.
We need the station and surrounding area to be a spring-board to urban regeneration here.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#12
and so say all of us.
first impression counts for a lot, the surround of the station must be improved.
it is disgraceful what has been done to the lovely old houses in the folkestone road.
i can remember when one was being worked on, the front door was open revealing some beautiful victorian mouldings.
the very next day they were in a skip outside.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#13
It's scandalous Howard.
I walked the Folkestone Road with a senior DDC officer the other day and very successful it was too.
He is going to organise a Multi-Agency meeting in the next couple of weeks, so at least the appearances of the street-scene can be resolved.
A big step forward, let's hope it brings results.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#14
fingers crossed roger, the state of the place is an embarrassment to the town.
i know of places in the past where lovely old buildings were converted into the shoe boxes that we see, then a decade later, people started to move in and converted them back into the original house.
this was in a community where a lot of asians lived, they tend to live as extended families, so as their businesses thrived they wanted to stay in the same area but needed a bigger house, hence the conversions back to the original.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#15
I'd love to see those boxes returned to family homes; greater pride in the area and less trouble too.
If there were lots of Asians living here, hopefully there'd be lots more curry houses too !
Roger
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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#16
ROGER
I hate curry but suppose it would be nice for others lol
I have to work with the ghurka's a lot, anfd as you can imagine they are very proud people, before i was inttroduced to them for the first time I was told they always offer you a drink or food if you go in there home/workplace and they feel offended if you refuse!
one ghurka offered me sa hot curried chicken(it blew my head off) but knowing there traditions i ate it
Nepalese food isd lovely, sometimes to spicey and hot but it is alwayus lovely
Not that i go around eating food all the time far to busy of course lol
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#17
If you did Keith, you'd have a stomach like mine !
Roger
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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#18
walking around 15 miles a day soon burns it off roger !!!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#19
Am I too old to be a PCSO ?
Roger
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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#20
65
its a great job,
flexible,
why you ask ?
very hard to get into now
but regular vacancies
go to
www.kentpolice.co.uk vacancies
if you want to chat more give me a bell and i weill meet up pop round or whatever
