Streets free of drunks
Streets free of beggars
Beautiful public features in the town centre
Its war dead honoured
Flower beds
Play grounds
Responsive elected public representatives ,with one or two noticable exceptions
Answers to questions posed on this and other forums
I suspect there are many more please feel free to add them
Good list!! The last two may be the reason for the first few..........
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Streets free of doggie excrement, chewing gum, fag butts and other rubbish.
Regular newspaper reports of pavement cyclists being prosecuted.
A local paper which is actually based in the town.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
cannot disagree with any of the foregoing, the worst is the breakneck pavement cycling.
people aged 60 and over are the worst culprits and a blind eye is deliberately turned.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,904
#1, #2,#3 how true
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Guest 744- Registered: 20 Mar 2012
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Peter
and add to that people walking along texting and crashing into pedestrians
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
young persons blocking pavements with push chairs whilst chatting.
people who own/lease electric wheelchars and zoom along pavements like theres no tomorrow.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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A lot of bad swearing and very bad manners everywhere
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i have seen people texting whilst driving and with children in the car.
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Sarah P
Picking up on your "Its war dead honoured".
Has nothing been done to replace the Miners statue on the seafront?
I was told that a plaque was being put there "The Chase" I believe.
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
Im not sure Gary re a replacement for the statue ,I do hope someone can answer your question the miners statue looks so much more at "home" in its new position .
But you have prompted me to add further items
Jobs
McArthur Glen outlet
Adequate Healthcare provision
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Public loos (where will 16,000 people on the seafront for the evening go?
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A decent entertainment venue where you might see well known acts (like The Marlowe or Gulbenkian, Astor Theatre even)
A traffic management system that doesn't have docks traffic cutting off the town from the seafront (this was one of the alternative options put out for public consultation in 1979, skirting the town from the A20 and joining up with a dual carriageway A2 at the top of Lydden Hill - maybe even add in a junction to connect with the top of Coombe Valley Road and develop that as an industrial estate with good traffic links)
Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
- Posts: 661
The above list of complaints,I can assure you can be replicated in every borough/municipal district in the country.
Never give up...
Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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What is happening with the old Odeon/Images site-that could be made into a great venue again.
Never give up...
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
Now that DTIZ has been given planning permission, Wetherspoons are working up their plan for that site Richard, so it shouldn't be too long before we have something to look at.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
in the next 10/20 years maybe.but who knows,would be nice to have a change of seanary and new empty windows to look into.
