The Incredible Case of the Shrinking Lights.

• Guest 640

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  7 December 2009     16:1234530
  #1      
  Where once we had the full body meaty variety with wings aplently...
  

  

  
  
  now we have....
  

  

  
  and this...
  

  

  
  
  GadzookS!! whats become of our display? it has shrunk to unparalleled dimensions. One gazed skywards today expecting to see the mighty wings of yore soaring above our heads...but alas no, our lights have been reduced to threadbare dimension. Our once noble display, switched on merely a few days ago by Ade the Celeb, is no more.
  
  WE have suffered at the hands of nature. It seems the high winds soared beneath our wings ( see top picture) and dashed several examples to the ground, failing miraculously to injure anybody in the process. It appears that they have been removed.. so the health of the nation has been maintained but the christmas lights, as we knew them, are no more.
  
  I blame global warming myself!! Producing endless high winds and miserable conditions, I look out the window as I write and the surf's gone mad.The first victim in this chaotic weather being our Christmas lights. I wonder if the Market Sq Christmas tree still stands erect and proud.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 690

  • Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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  7 December 2009     16:5334531
  #2      
  I think the winds have made an improvement Paul. The wings made them look more like a Batman advertisement. Perhaps it`s because I like things plain and simple.
  Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
• Guest 641

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  7 December 2009     17:4834532
  #3      
  That's a shame, there I was thinking that Dover had Christmas lights which were parallel to Canterbury albeit on a smaller scale, sadly no more. Any chance of getting our wings back?
• Guest 651

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  7 December 2009     17:5634534
  #4      
  I drove up towards london road last night and there seem to be more lights out than actually on !!
  Been nice knowing you :)
• David H

  • Location: Dover
  7 December 2009     17:5734535
  #5      
  There is a special Council meeting to discuss this tonight. I think our lights are super and better than ever. never did like catenaries in this town.
  Bits that were taken down can be used elsewhere next year.
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• Guest 656

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  7 December 2009     18:1334539
  #6      
  I loved the Christmas wings! it made me think of the Christmas Angels, I thought Clarence was working overtime
  
  Ah! shure Its a Wonderful Life
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  7 December 2009     18:4834546
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  "You are the wind beneath my wings"................so take a step back, for goodness sake.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  7 December 2009     19:0734553
  #8      
  the best display since i have moved down here, and nature takes a pop at them.
  
  the town council had excelled themselves too.
• Guest 674

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  7 December 2009     22:4034559
  #9      
  have to say coming thru the town the xmas lights brighten up the town
• Guest 640

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  8 December 2009     09:3134578
  #10      
  Not a terribly good picture, just a handheld shot in the dark, but it does show the large 'batwings' in full colour operation before their demise due to extenuating circumstances ie...they kept falling down in the wind.. This is Castle St, only the centre circles are now operational.
  
  Wonder how the Town Council meeting went as they were discussing this problem last night, as mentioned by DavidH above....
  
  

  
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 693

  • Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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  8 December 2009     11:3034583
  #11      
  I understand that one of the issues with these lights was that the brickwork on the buildings wasn't up to the job; I agree with Howard when he says that the lights were the best he (or I) have seen in Dover, and it's a shame that the weather has been so poor lately that the lights haven't lived up to our hopes. One would have thought, however, that it would have been a fundamental health & safety requirement to ensure that the brickwork was good enough.........
  True friends stab you in the front.
• Guest 690

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  8 December 2009     13:4834590
  #12      
  Apologies Paul, they do look better lit up.
  Tell them that I came, and no one answered.