Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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I noticed today work going on at the Kingfisher/Cherrytree pub anyone know anything about it opening again?
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Always good news that a pub is re-opening.
If only a few of our rural ones would re-appear - for example the Blazing Donkey, Butcher's Arms, The Chequers at Hougham, the High and Dry - all closed, to name a few.
Thus does the social fabric unravel and we retreat to our caves to sup supermarket loss leaders. Sad.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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are we sure that it is reopening as a pub?
not seen anything on the planning website but looks prime to be converted into flats.
Jan Higgins
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Pubs rely on footfall that is why rural pubs have suffered so badly.
Sadly times have changed 'yoof' no longer seem to want a traditional pub they want an entertainment area where they can get p****d as fast as possible, so anywhere without a large floor area could have a problem.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Is the Blazing Donkey closed? I was there recently for a wedding.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I hope not as my son and his wife will staying there next week while down here on a quick visit.
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Guest 753- Registered: 23 May 2012
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Regarding The Chequers at Hougham, it's now got 4 or 5 houses on the old site of the pub.
Guest 730- Registered: 5 Nov 2011
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No sign of activity at the Kingfisher today.
Terry Nunn
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Beat me to it Colin.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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They were there on Tuesday afternoon,but they were not English ,might have been the new owners or workers.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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I understood the Blazing Donkey was some kind of hotel now rather than a bona fide pub. If not, I look forward to a visit.
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Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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I remember the Blazing Donkey when it was an old fashioned pub,you sat in the lounge and the landlord and his wife sat in the kichen and when you asked for a Brown Ale they had to wipe the bottle top to see what colour it was,and the Landlord had Parkinson's disease and lost half of your drink when he poured it into the glass,through the door way which was a stable door.It was the only pub locally I could get served in because the village Bobby in Eastry knew my age.I also got beaten up there as my girlfriend asked one night if she could go for a drink with a friend,I followed them up and back,went round a blind corner where the street light was off and go thumped.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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I remember the Blazing Donkey when it was an old fashioned pub,you sat in the lounge and the landlord and his wife sat in the kichen and when you asked for a Brown Ale they had to wipe the bottle top to see what colour it was,and the Landlord had Parkinson's disease and lost half of your drink when he poured it into the glass,through the door way which was a stable door.It was the only pub locally I could get served in because the village Bobby in Eastry knew my age.I also got beaten up there as my girlfriend asked one night if she could go for a drink with a friend,I followed them up and back,went round a blind corner where the street light was off and go thumped.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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nowadays it is usually irate husbands, you have moved on john.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Over taxation by government, and enforcement of drink driving
Is that you swearing Jan.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Somebody told me some years back that the carpenters arms at coaldred was named the c..t and trumpet long ago .
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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So according to the website it's not a pub any more, in the sense that I remember it, anyway, but an elitist hotel/wedding venue/base for golfing jaunts. All for the wealthy. Hateful.
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Why is that hateful Andrew?
A man is running a business and his customers choose to go there, its called providing a service