Invest in the New Dover...
- 17 January 2010 19:0538061Well 1958 anyway !! There was a competition with a first prize of £5 which can't have been bad
Been nice knowing you :) - 17 January 2010 19:2638065Very interesting Paul, but I don`t think they`d get away with it today. How much were they going for then?Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 17 January 2010 19:4238067Not sure actually, but the 221 municipal flats cost about £1m back then so about £4-5k each.
Now I can see one up for £235,000 !!Been nice knowing you :) - 17 January 2010 19:4438068I saw that one as well Paul, apparently it used to be the broom cupboard.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 18 January 2010 08:0238103I was always surprised that these flats were built on the most prestigious land in Dover. I understand there are still around 20 Council tenants, the rest being private.
The artists impression was pretty close to what was built; can I see PaulB waving ?
Roger - 18 January 2010 08:3138112Very interesting to see that poster there Scotchie. Yes thats me waving Roger and the whole block is now under private management ( Fell Reynolds), having recently left the DDC behind, and its all got a bit expensive around here. I thought the DDC did a fine job on the management side but I guess people wanted to get rid of the old council links. Rightly or wrongly there is probably some kind of stigma attached to that..I dont know. It didnt bother me much, I was comfortable with DDC, but at the end of the day it wasnt what people wanted and perhaps the DDC were glad to get rid of it all.
Ive got a view of one of the last remaining public toilets in all Dover...so thats pretty special. Not many people can beat a view like that. Eat yer hearts out!
email: dover7@msn.com - 18 January 2010 10:2738125Public toilets and all - it's still fantastic to live here. To wake up to views of the harbour and the castle. Who needs artwork on the walls? It's right outside my window. I love it!!
- 18 January 2010 10:2838126Jeez! PaulB you're sitting on a gold mine there with a view like that
- 18 January 2010 10:4238134Here you are ColetteB so dont say I dont spoil you. here I am willing to share the view with yourself and every tom dick and harry...see picture just taken moments ago on a foggy morn
Diana yes indeed seriously there are great views. Helps me getting valuable pictures too for the forum what with all the activity within visual reach.
By the way the top structure is the toilet, the bottom one is the shelter, although on occasion some of the white lightning imbibers get the two mixed up!email: dover7@msn.com - 18 January 2010 11:2638144Ah! you're showing off now! An open version one too! you're obviously in the know. Favouritism I say, shoudn't be allowed so it shouldn't
- 18 January 2010 12:3538147Oh wow that beats a room with a veiw interesting to see the old add though, but hay hang on to that veiw we cann't all boost a view like that.
The ever disappearing toliets and shelterLOL!!!!
- 18 January 2010 18:0438163I love the chicane's winding their way past the loo and shelter, it looks like a 'Scaletrix' kit
Wahey! 600th posting!
