Olympic Torch - Dover's moment to shine
- 21 March 2012 22:53160752The RNLI mentioned the torch is going on a trip on the Dover lifeboatBeen nice knowing you :)
- 22 March 2012 09:17160807Could well be that Paul.
Watty - 22 March 2012 09:25160808Yes I have a press release on this but will wait to give the RNLI their slot on the frontpage. Exciting times.
email: dover7@msn.com - 24 March 2012 20:04161248no expense is being spared to make sure the seafront looks good in time for the arrival of the torch.
- 24 March 2012 20:29161254Yes Howard and be in no doubt there will be hoards of suits in hi-vis vests with bin bags clearing up litter from the sea front. A first for years. Hey they may even put the rubbish bins back on the beach. Hey thinking about it they may even shell out some money to replace those broken bins on the seafront - you know the ones the gulls love so much as they don't have plastic lids. Gosh isn't it wonderful how the Olympics brings people together, working, smiling and bring peace and prosperity to us all.
Watch as once the torch bearer passes it's back to the same old same old with broken bottles and fast food wrappers on the beach and prom. - 24 March 2012 20:51161256i have noticed the broken/damaged litter bins, they all seem to be on that stretch towards the eastern docks.
the new improved award winning part of the seafront seems to have state of the art everything.
a few years back when her majesty dropped by to see us the seafront shelters and bogs got a coat of paint, not that i am suggesting a connection between the two happenings. - 26 March 2012 09:26161384no chances being taken by the authorities.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi5-puts-all-3800-agents-on-olympic-watch-7584968.html - 26 March 2012 10:51161405Im looking out on the seafront as we speak Philip and you are not painting a fair picture above there..broken bottles and food wrappers are not the norm here on the seafront. The place is spotless today as it is generally. Much work has been done, our seafront has won awards, as has the Seasport Centre, the lawns are looking good and new planting has taken place down towards the eastern docks end too, so all n all its looking as good as we can make it I would say.
Yes it is true that if you go down after a busy hot summers day you may well find wrappers etc, that is inevitable sadly, due to the general carelessness in casting away rubbish by the populace as a whole. But the rubbish doesnt stay around long. I have put pictures up here previously showing how clean it all is... its a combination of effort from both DDC and DHB as I understand it that keeps it as is.
A big effort goes in. Things dont get like this without considerable daily effort. There is nothing rundown or seedy looking about Dover Seafront so we should give it a big thumbsup. This of course is not to say that the rest of the town couldnt stand some extra attention.email: dover7@msn.com - 26 March 2012 14:06161440Dover Seafront
I give it three thumbs up, PaulB, to be sure, to be sure, to be sure
I love it and I must say, the powers that be, do a splendid job keeping it clean and tidy - Brian Dixon
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26 March 2012 14:16161444is it all over yet?
is it safe to come out of hideing yet?
those dreaded olympic blues.doh oh for a bit of peace and quiet.
- 26 March 2012 16:21161458Hopefully everyone will be busy watching tele and the rest of the outside world will be quieter for the rest of us to enjoyBeen nice knowing you :)
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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26 March 2012 16:38161463i might disaper for 6 weeks,no tele,no radio.just pease and quite and a few beers. - 26 March 2012 20:09161489Yes our seafront is one to be proud of, so i'm sure when the torch arrives it will look as ever clean and tidy, and yes talking to Tony hawkins the lifeboat will be playing their part in all the celebrations.
But as PaulB has said keep a lookout for the Frontpage slot. - 28 March 2012 15:10161862At last have got the chance to get the Dover Lifeboat Olympic feature as mentioned above on the frontpage. Have been inundated with items so there was a bit of a delay..Report and cracking picture from our man on the spot... Martin Collins.
Well done Martin that's a blinder that shot. Right in the teeth of the action.
Many thanks for all that information too...always grateful.
I will be waiting on the day camera at the ready.
email: dover7@msn.com - 28 March 2012 16:11161872great to see martin and the others being involved with the olympic torch, the rnli are among dover's finest if not the finest.
dramatic photo on the front page. - 28 March 2012 16:14161875News on the evening event itself seems to be rather sparse at the moment - be good to know moreBeen nice knowing you :)
