howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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15 January 2011
19:1589133the roundhouse is definitely accessible to all.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,892
15 January 2011
21:3489144What a shame nobody told the lady concerned about the other entrance she had to battle up all those stairs. Maybe they need clearer or better signing.
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 January 2011
00:0289147Thanks Howard, I knew I wasn't going mad when I walked in York Street side, round the corner and into the Theatre !!
Been nice knowing you :)
16 January 2011
00:2189149Hello!! Someone who needed to know wasn't told..........that makes the phrase "accessible" redundant.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
16 January 2011
10:2189162i would have thought that there would have been directions on the back of the ticket, usually the place.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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16 January 2011
11:1389185Sorry I can't give any more information, I got the story from a customer who was with the lady. Maybe there are notices around that they did not see at the time because ot the throng of people. Who knows, the lift was working when I went there so I was lucky.
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16 January 2011
11:4689191It is good that is is in practice accessible - but sadly it often happens that good intentions are a bit thwarted by a little lack of thinking it through - some real guidance or notices are all it takes - being disabled does not automatically transmit powers of clairvoyance!!
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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19 January 2011
12:3789554Going back to the propellor at the Hoverport, I think it would have been a fitting tribute to have re-mounted on the seafront. However, a little snooping tells me that the pylon has been donated to The Hovercraft Museum at Lee-on-Solent by DHB providing they can remove it and pay for transportation. It is heavily corroded into the base and this will be an expensive process.
If they can arrange it, the plan will be to mount it on their BH.7 Hovercraft to complete it to its former glory. If Dover has to lose it, at least we can be reassured that it's going to a very good home and a worthwhile cause.
The BH.7:
http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/n15_28.htmlGuest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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19 January 2011
12:5489556My dad put it there about 15 years ago jamming the insides to stop it trying to take off !!
Sat there in sea air with no maintenance or cleaning it is highly likely to disintegrate if they try and move it
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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19 January 2011
12:5589557No, scrap my post above. It looks like DHB have elected to keep it after all, that info came from three months from the above info in July 09. The question is now, what, if anything, are they going to do with it?
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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26 January 2011
15:1590339The last thing I would wish to do would be to denigrate the achievements of the members of the Channel Dash Association but I think that the superlative memorial in Ramsgate does the job and another one in Dover would seem to have little relevance. Ramsgate was where the six doomed Swordfish circled before setting off on a flight they knew they had little hope of returning from. Dover's contribution by comparison was minimal and largely confined to an abortive attack by MTB's whose deeds are much better commemorated by reference to the totality of all the courageous and fiercely contested actions in which they took part throughout the war, as with the recent plaque installed at Lord Warden House.
By all means encourage the Channel Dash Association to erect an additional memorial on an extra plinth if that is their wish but I feel that the Waiting Miner's plinth should be devoted to the salvaged anchor from the Spanish Prince. It is the perfect location, looking out towards the Western Entrance which the Spanish Prince guarded so well throughout two world wars. This has tremendous relevance to Dover and a ship's anchor is an object of much greater visual interest, and liable to attract much more attention from the public, than the plain obelisk promoted by the CDA.
This lawn would also be one of the appropriate places to mount the Hovercraft propeller, looking out over the Hoverport. Both this and the anchor of the Spanish Prince are vitally important artefacts commemorating the recent history of Dover. We are fortunate to have them and they need to be preserved and prominently displayed to act as a colourful record for both ourselves and our visitors.
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
- Posts: 2,095
26 January 2011
15:5690340Two relevent artifacts for that position. Great idea Ed
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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