howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Those signs may have been effective, went past two doorways earlier and each had minimal amount of bedding in. Looks like they have taken the hint and started to move out.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Its not easy for the young or the poor theses days.
rents are high and wages low, it doesn't take much for some people to become homeless.
Their not really hurting any body.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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Keith Bibby wrote:Its not easy for the young or the poor theses days.
rents are high and wages low, it doesn't take much for some people to become homeless.
Their not really hurting any body.
They are making the town's shopping area look more scruffy and unkempt than it does already.
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Most of them will have mental, or drug drink problems and with out a structure of drug, drink rehab places they will remain.
If you remember going back, Thatcher shut all the mental institution emptying them all out on to the streets.
And all of the cheap downbeat accommodation in the town, has been taken by the labour party's new imported voters .
What your seeing is displacement of the towns down and outs on to the streets .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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With all due respect Keith you need to read the whole thread on this to understand why most of us are cynical about the sudden new arrivals.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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I understand Howard that bogus begging happens ,but its small in reality
But we do have a solution up the empty barracks if all the right agency's can work together .
Brian Dixon
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there again kieth we could allways send them to Coventry.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Must be plenty of council tenants up your way with a spare bedroom or two, Brian.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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not likely peter,all houses and flats are fully occupied.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Noticed this afternoon in Biggin Street two shop doorways were occupied by apparent rough sleepers and the former Chapter 8 restaurant in Market Square had bedding outside. None of them were there yesterday to my knowledge and wonder if it is try on for the tourist high season.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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3 tents have appeard behind the st.johns ambulance hall over the past few weeks.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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Also one in Cowgate Cemetry.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Don't know whether it is the same one but last year there was a chap in a tent at Cowgate cemetary and refused any help from the agencies.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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This thread keeps disappearing and returning did it last evening then again today.
Bob Whysman
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I found that too Howard. Perhaps the dossers keep moving on and nullifying the content of the thread.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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I noticed that too.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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The problem has come back over the last couple of weeks and the ones I have seen look genuine, none of the new bedding many had when they came out in force a while back.
Andy B
- Location: dover
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I,m sure some are in genuine need but i have sometimes seen some of the same supposed homeless/rough sleepers begging in Canterbury on the precinct as well as in Dover.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Full details on how to report a rough sleeper.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voicesGuest 1849- Registered: 12 Sep 2016
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Odd this, they used to be called tramps, Sambo lived in the town for years, my old Nan used to give him sandwiches. There was a young lad who had dreadlocked hair who was obviously distressed that used to hang around Priory Station, wonder what happened to them both?
If you've read Down and out in Paris & London by Orwell it was a common thing that never caused any real fuss.