Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
That’s why Dover misses out ,Why let the minority spoil it for the rest.I hope their car registration was noted.How reckless.A small child could have been enjoying the water feature .Thats when Enforcement is needed.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
Sue, Sue, Sue!
This must have brought a smile to so many. We need MORE stuff like this. I only wish I'd thought of it first.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
You and your silly humour.Dont encourage them they will all try it.Yes have a sense of humour but when when a person walks through there they don’t expect a car to be alongside them.Bad enough walking up the Main Street.You and Keith little boys at heart.By the way I have to some times use a stick.Might come in handy.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
The children are back at school, little ones are with an adult and that car is easily seen.
The thing is simply a waste of water and money except at the weekend if it is hot enough and there is no rain.
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Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,818
Its not the first to have done this,theres been a few pics floating around on social media of various high powered cars posing for the camera.As for enforcement theres very little and it never lasts for long,all resources are stretched to the limit and have to cover such a large area,theres often very little chance of any punishment.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
That's the thing really
Respecting whats there
How people find it amusing to drive through it is today's society
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Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
- Posts: 541
Well I blame the architect! Surely they knew that putting this up in Dover would result is this without building some decorative restrictive bollards?
No one appears to have been hurt and actually a car wash was my first impression when I saw the mist in action! Funny? Yes Silly? Yes, but this is Dover after all!
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,544
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
It should have been turned off when the children went back to school especially as it can not be used when they have events in the square. The comments after the article are what most of us have said since the beginning of this project.
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Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 346
I hear the live events that DDC have organised for the revamped market square have been a disaster, attracting a few drunks and random people who were already in town. Basically a complete copy of what happened with the Dover Big Screen. They just never learn.
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Matey
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 11 Oct 2021
- Posts: 178
Oh dear, it’s all rather embarrassing to visitors!
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
To be fair to DDC, it wasn't just their vision:
'The original idea for the improvements to the square came from the the business group Dover Town Team. Supported by Dover District Council and Dover Town Council, it submitted a £2.44 million bid to the government’s Coastal Communities Fund.'
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
To be fair the square did need some improvement because of the fountain problems.
The problem for me is what we got is to much of another white elephant as Dover Pilot points out, it is not exactly attractive and does not really invite people into the town.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
Who thought this one up
Couldn't they have thought of something for all the year round
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
Just wait for the Fast-track thingy.
Margate has the Electric Elephant.
Dover's getting the Electric White Elephant.
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
some snowflake keith
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
No idea on that comment Brian
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
I see that Ashford Outlet Centre have turned theirs off too:
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
Let's have a tourist attraction thsts turned off a lot of the year !
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