Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
the only reason dover is like how it is,its that herr gorrings fault for not bombing us proply.not evan the guns on the french cliffs coild hit a proper target.oh well back to the drawing bored.
ps.may be if we upset the germans enough they will come back and do the job properly.
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
- Posts: 635
What codswallop to still blame the Luftwaffe! Most of the damage meted out on Dover has been since about 1969/70.
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
- Posts: 1,052
Worryingly, the consultant felt it might be too late for Margate which is seeing great efforts at regeneration. What hope for Dover? Would the last person to leave please turn off the Christmas Lights!
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
andrew,the germans started the demolition ddc has continued,alas niether has done a proper job.if they did dover would be thriving now.
Bo**ocks!!! Dover could and would be thriving if the local reps grew a pair and did a decent job.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
and bulldogs to you,but
, i do agree with you though bern.there is some or should say a great need of balls up at the little house on the hill.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
bern;
there are a few cllrs doing a grand job in an uphill battle, if im honest if we did away with most of the cllrs you would- see no difference at all
but the savings quite large.
to see the senior officers go would go a long way to kick start a big project
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Indeed there are a few councillors doing a stand up job, and they need to be thanked. But overall, the picture is one of underachievement and sloth.
Well said Bern
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
cut and pasted from the thanet gazette, this gives an alternative view.
An article in the independent today following Mary Portas's visit to Margate last month has prompted this response from Bob Bayford, leader of Thanet council.
"It's been a long time since I've read such an ill informed and inaccurate article. It's a real shame that no-one bothered to contact the council to clarify the facts, and as a result they have widely missed the mark.
It's easy to make assumptions when you first arrive in a town, but with some checking, it would have quickly become clear that the hoardings around Dreamland are the first signs of life there, ahead of the opening of the world's first heritage amusement park on the site. Far from the money having run out, we've already got funding in place from the government and the council itself and hope to add a significant chunk of lottery cash to that shortly.
Of course we've heard of first impressions and we're fully aware of the impact that the tower block by the station has. Perhaps a bit of research would have shown that there's an application in from Tesco for this site, not Dreamland, another inaccuracy, which includes improvements to the appearance of that tower block. I'm sure the residents (many of whom are owner-occupiers) would be delighted to know that the report author wants to see it flattened and turned into open space!
It's encouraging to see that we can at least agree on one thing, that small independent shops are key to regeneration. A remarkable 78% of our stores are just that, small independents, ensuring that Margate doesn't have a "cloned" high street. Part of that 78% includes the 35 new businesses that have opened up in the town in the last 18 months alone, figures that will no doubt be the envy of many other high streets.
It's easy to criticise and claim out of town shopping is the cause of Margate's problems but the truth is that, without the introduction of our new town centre at Westwood, we would've seen major high street names quitting the area altogether. Given that choice, we chose to retain them and that's provided 3,000 jobs in an area with high unemployment rates.
As for leadership, successive council administrations have promoted and supported numerous regeneration initiatives including the hugely successful Turner Contemporary. The commitment of four million pounds to the Dreamland project and extensive work to bring 52 derelict properties back into use in the Old Town demonstrates that this council has Margate's regeneration at the heart of its agenda. I call that good, strong leadership and far from "managing the decline" of Margate.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,883
I hope the Independent publish the reply but that is very unlikely.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Councillors do sometimes see things from their own, peculiar, perspective. I have heard similar blah from local councillors in Dover, and take a look around...........
