Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
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The usage is weather dependent. Obviously there are dog walkers or relentless always-walkers (like me) who'll be there come rain or shine, but not many will plan for a picnic when they'll find mud in their sandwiches.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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But it was such a lovely park .
Who remembers the groundsman Mr Holland?
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Matey
- Location: Dover
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I remember Charlie Holland, we lived almost next door to them on Astor Ave in the 60’s
Life without a dog is like a salad without lettuce.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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He was a lovely chap
Always smiling
I worked with his son John who moved up to Leeds
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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GOOD NEWS LETS HOPE THEY ARE SAME IN FIVE YEARS TIME.
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Sadly John Holland has passed away
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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Reflected landscape with frog spawn.
My old not-smart phone can do nothing to conceal the dull brown of the pond, which is now a chinese whisper of its glory days. I fear it'll be drained, cleaned, and turned into a 'skateboard facility' before too long.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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DDC should buy it, and install a park keeper in it with a large budget for restoration and maintenance.
Maybe use moneys intended for 'community cohesion and resilience' or 'IMPACTfest' and the myriad other such schemes.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Walked up and over Connaught Park the other weekend for the 1st time in years. It was looking a bit threadbare, but I put that down to the time of year.
Took the "zig zags" to get back down into town. Now there's a neglected "park". I wonder how many know it even exists?
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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'Zig zags'. Do you mean the wooded path that parallels Castle Hill from the top of Connaught and exits at Laureston Place / Victoria Park, then the dank path to Maison Dieu?
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
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I did work in that park briefly when i left school in about 1979,there was a about 5 of us full time,park was quite smart then.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:'Zig zags'. Do you mean the wooded path that parallels Castle Hill from the top of Connaught and exits at Laureston Place / Victoria Park, then the dank path to Maison Dieu?
That's the one. Does it have a proper name?
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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Live from the scene. Tennis courts look good.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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Should have stood in front of the benches!
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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Karlos wrote:That's the one. Does it have a proper name?
No idea. I use it frequently (upwards and downwards) and hardly ever see anyone else on it, but never thought it might be named.
Perhaps it's another one for the 'Vera Lynn fan club' at DDC?
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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There is a group operating on trying to keep the park nice
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