Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
Nice large plump cushions for you to lie on why checking out your harem Brian
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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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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
I saw that antique shop for the first time the other day and thought the stock was very good.
I didn't know it was there, only saw it because I was on my way to Morrisons on foot.
There should be a body that new enterprises can go to, to get publicity, help with a launch and promotion; that body should be a Town-Team type of body where the Manager helps new businesses with a number of things from business-rates, fire-risks and marketing - not in-depth necessarily.
All of it could be done with a nominal membership fee.
Good Luck to this new shop.
Roger
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
Guest 746- Registered: 28 Mar 2012
- Posts: 13
Tony is right, K College is opening a salon staffed by by students studying with the college. A fantastic initiatives by K College to help get students working and gaining essential experience to make them more employable. I have been invited to attend the official opening on the 6th June, so stayed tuned.
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
- Posts: 1,610
Ah for short memories Brian. Shopfitters always tell people that whatever shop they are doing is going to be some sort of sex shop. When Poundland was being fitted out they went so far as to stick a sign in the window saying. 'opening soon Ray's adult book exchange' before changing it to one advertising some sort of sex supplies wholesaler.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 2,335
Great News to hear, hopefully K College are paying business rates renting premises in the town, running a small business for students to go that one step forward gaining experience in a working environment to hopefully go on to full time employment
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
I wonder whether KC are paying business rates and what sort of lease they have. They surely can't be paying the commercial rent usually asked for prime locations in Dover. Would they qualify for the same sort of deal on rates as a charity shop? Does anyone know who owns the building?
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
They will be paying full business rates unless they are a registered charity, as for rent I suspect they have done a deal with the landlord at a nominal fee as it is better for the landlord to have someone in there than not (the landlord gets lower insurance costs, doesn't pick up the utilities bills, and doesn't pay the rates)
"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
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
It may be better Ross, but it doesn't seem to happen much else in Town or we wouldn't have so many closed shops.
Roger
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
The old stationery and art shop on the corner of Castle St/ Russell St is shortly to re-open as an Asian grocer & corner shop.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
Sadly it has taken time for that message to sink in with some landlords
That is great news Peter
"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
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
We are very well supplied with ethnic grocers now. In Dover alone we have Polka and Baltic Branch in the market square area, U Babuni and the new Czech shop opposite the town hall, the post office in Pencester has an Asian/oriental/ Caribbean section upstairs at the back, a Filipino lady has an oriental shop opposite the Charlton Centre and at Burgoyne Heights is a small branch of Everest Cash & Carry of Cheriton. They all have some great stuff and prices are very reasonable.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 2,335
It's good to see more ethnic shops working in the town, best of luck to them, great position
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
this shop has moved from inside to outside of the charlton centre, i cannot remember who was there before.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
i think jollys had it once.then moved round to where they are now.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
that does ring a bell brian so that unit must have fallen into disrepair.
surprised that someone was willing to do the work to make it habitable.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
It was originally a ladies clothes shop at the time of Sainsburys being next door, I can't remember the name but there was another in Ashford with similar branding.
The owner was once a student on one of my photography classes, he obviously had enough of women's clothes during his working day as he preferred photographing them with none on as a 'hobby'
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
- Posts: 1,388
There was no work needed for the shop Steptoe and Son moved into, they just shifted round from their shop inside the Charlton Centre.
My wife Chris has rented a little unit through them at the back of the Charlton Centre where you enter the carpark and is dipping her toe in the water at buying and selling second hand furniture and making some of it into Shabby Chic.
Guest 661- Registered: 16 Mar 2008
- Posts: 241
You are right Brian it was the pet shop, but not Jollyes, it was Johnsons, and I worked there for nearly 16 years before he went bankrupt and then jollyes moved in and has now been open 7 years this september.
A dog is just not for christmas save some for boxing day
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
hi humpy,i new it started with a j,took it to be jollys.
