The sea sports centre

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  1 May 2008     22:391869
  #1      
  does anyone know the SP on this one?
  went past today.
  
  looks like a lot of work is still needed.
  
  supposed to be open next month.
• DT1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 15 Apr 2008
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  2 May 2008     08:291870
  #2      
  Just through a conversation with one of the Harbour Police, so cannot say for sure, but it seems that the steel-fixing contractor bit off more than they could chew.
  
  I think the plan was for it to be open for this year Regatta and it should have been water tight for first fix last month. Still looks a little way off at the moment!
• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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  2 May 2008     10:201872
  #3      
  Yes it still looks a long way off completion. Still wall to wall scaffolding etc with still hovering crane and cement mixers. However sometimes these things suddenly jump into life...they take the scaffolding down clean up the surrounding areas and bobs yer uncle. The design looks impressive..definitely a few notches up on the wooden huts!!
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 655

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  2 May 2008     14:461876
  #4      
  Its shaping up though, it no longer looks like a concrete defence structure built on the French coast by the Todt organisation!!
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  2 May 2008     19:361880
  #5      
  forget the june opening and the regatta, checked things out it is now down for"late 2008" !!!
  i think we know what that means.
• Guest 662

  • Registered: 18 Mar 2008
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  5 May 2008     10:371894
  #6      
  last I heard we were looking at October!
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  5 May 2008     19:091898
  #7      
  sorry to hear that, i was rather looking forward to a leisurely beer on the beach this summer.
• DaveL

  • Location: Dover
  5 May 2008     19:521899
  #8      
  forget the june opening and the regatta, checked things out it is now down for"late 2008" !!!
  i think we know what that means.
  
  
  That funding will run out because its taking so long and we will be left with a half complete building on the sea front.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  5 May 2008     21:061901
  #9      
  i hope that you are wrong dave, i was assured that everything was properly funded.
  
  then again i was assured on another forum that june was a goer, the month i mean, of course.
  why do we get let down so much?
  the bus garage and b house look like they will see us through to next millenium.
• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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  6 May 2008     07:031903
  #10      
  Interestingly there was a pale weak light shining all night inside the structure last night. Was somebody working?..well I dont thinkso as it wasnt bright enough. It had the haunted look of a ghostly visitation? Perhaps it was the souls of ancient carpenters and bricklayers urging progress...onward christian hammer-swingers it whispered!
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 654

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  6 May 2008     08:081908
  #11      
  I heard there was another light in the other corner as well
  chanting
  
  Atheists unite