11 November 2010
16:3479648Am i right in thinking that drinking in public in pencester is banned as im sick of going to catch buses to find unsavory persons sitting in these stops drinking, swearing, with dogs and generally intimidating people. Where is the police or pcso? this is a very busy area of dover i dread to think what the tourists think.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
11 November 2010
16:3879650yes mel there is a notice there but i think it only applys to pencester gardens.oh by the way its a £500 fine if they dont comply.
11 November 2010
16:4079651Well they wouldnt pay that would they when all the beer is on offer in costcutters.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
11 November 2010
16:4379652is the beer cheap in there then.judging the price of a 4 pint carton milk in there£1.60p belive it or not.by the sounds of it,it sounds cheaper to put beer in coffee than milk.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
11 November 2010
16:5079655i think brian is right, the bus stop is outside pencester gardens so they can carry on.
the favourite places at the moment seem to be just outside the museum entrance and the market square benches.
great image for our visitors.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,707
11 November 2010
19:0379673Surely Pencester is part of the Town Centre Alcohol Control Zone?
If it is then a Police Officer can "order" people to stop drinking and confiscate their booze.
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
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While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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11 November 2010
19:1879679i didn't think we had a town centre alcohol control zone, folkestone does.
i may be wrong but certain areas like parks and subways have signs, not a general one though.
11 November 2010
19:2779684'Where is the police or pcso?'
According to Howard busy monitoring the forum! In which case:-
OY YOU. YES YOU - YOU LAZY BUGGER. LEAVE THE LAPTOP ALONE, FINISH YOUR BACON SANDWICH, GET OUT OF YOUR WARM LADYWELL LAIR AND DO SOME WORK. IT'S WHAT WE PAY YOU FOR!'
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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- Posts: 62,352
11 November 2010
19:3279686actually bob, our town centre bloke does a decent job, only one of him though.
the day before yesterday he stopped two youths for riding their bicycles on the pavement, in the back ground was another cyclist trying to break the landspeed record going against the one way system.
when he finished admonishing the youths they walked their bikes until out of his vision, then raised a cheery finger each and raced each other down the pedestrian filled pavement of pencester road.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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11 November 2010
19:5779688I thought those alcohol control zones only require you to stop drinking if asked to by a police officer, so a family having a quiet picnic with a nice chilled glass of plonk have no problem. I might be wrong, the nearest one to me is in leafy Temple Ewell and I'm always driving through too fast to read it
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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- Posts: 3,707
11 November 2010
20:0679691You are correct Ray
"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
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
11 November 2010
20:1579695What a shame the PC did not/could not confiscate their bikes even if only for a few hours or days.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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11 November 2010
20:1779697trouble is what does he do with them?
he would have had to wheel them back to ladywell, hardly a dignified stance, then spent a few hours completing the paperwork, meanwhile there could be students rioting all over the town centre.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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- Posts: 13,895
11 November 2010
20:2379700I know it isn't practical, it was just a nice thought, the toe-rags being suitably punished for once.
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11 November 2010
20:3279703I believe that a walking stick/umbrella through the spokes often leads to cyclists being propelled over their handlebars and 99% of time can be made to look like an accident.
Just trying to be helpful.
11 November 2010
21:0379719Guest 702- Registered: 9 Jul 2010
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12 November 2010
07:2979747Bob
Can be very effective, saw a city gent do that to a cyclist in London once. Cyclist was trying to force his way through the crowd crossing at a junction.
