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    It was indeed an awful time, Sue. Alexia mentions the Mogul but the Crown and Sceptre in Elms Vale was also a centre for the strikers. I was working for Townsends at the time and felt dreadfully uncomfortable. Ths strikers belligerence was not directed at shore based staff (I was in IT) fortunately.

    The community became split when some workers returned and others, new to the ferries, moved in to take their places.

    There is a lot of money in cross Channel transport. Eurotunnel is making millions at the moment. DFDS, with a conventional model of employees conditions, continues to trade at a profit and Irish Ferries, with a significantly different model based on agency staff, will mop up anything left from the P&O debacle.

    Why else did they move into Dover? Never a good idea to listen to the Cap'ns limited understanding.

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