Topic Subject..Roger's Newsletter: Olympic events next year; Heritage Open Days September 2011.

• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  6 September 2011     09:36124973
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  Good Morning
  
  In today's newsletter, we have information on the Olympic events that will take place in Dover next year and the Heritage Open Days that take place next week-end.
  
  
  The Olympic Torch Relay is coming to our district on Wednesday the 18th and Thursday 19th July 2012. The highlight will be an Olympic Torch Evening Celebration Event on the seafront on the Wednesday evening.
  
  The evening event will have very much a youth focus, with local schools involved and a big name artist performing. The event will be televised nationally (and possibly internationally) and as this is one of only three events in Kent, and by far the biggest, attendance will be not only from our district, but from across East Kent and possibly even further afield.
  
  The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) will be providing the stage, video screens, master of ceremonies and the headline act for the evening event.
  The Council's responsibilities will be with multi-agency partners (Police, Fire and Rescue, Ambulance, KCC etc), including organising the evening event and ensuring the safety of those attending.
  A project team of DDC and multi-agency partners has already been formed to work on the detail, which the Chief Executive of Dover District Council, Nadeem Aziz, is leading.
  
  This will be an exciting and high profile couple of days for the District, forming part of the Nation's overall Olympic Celebrations. Further details on this will follow over the next few months.
  
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  Heritage Open Days across the District:
  
  Many of the District's Heritage sites will be open to the public next week-end, amongst them are:
  Archcliffe Fort, Dover
  The Bell Tower, St. Mary's Church, Dover
  Dover College
  The Grand-Shaft
  Maison Dieu House
  South Foreland Lighthouse
  and many, many others - in Deal and Sandwich too.
  
  Please visit the Heritage Open week-end website for details of each site - directions to each one and the opening times. www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/print/laa/dover
  
  There are 30 sites to visit, so start early and have a great week-end.
  
  Kind Regards
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  6 September 2011     13:24125009
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  Please get along to Archcliffe Fort - they do a great job there and receive no official funding so make all their money from their charity shop and what they can receive from recycling
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  6 September 2011     16:51125094
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  They do indeed do a great job Scotchie; I went up there some time ago to see. the furniture refurbs are amazing and the prices make them great value too.
  
  I gave them a near-new 3 piece suite last year, hope that brought in some money for them.
  
  With 30 sites to see across the District, people will have to make special choices as it will be very difficult to see all of them over 2 days.
  
  The Olympic event next year should be good.
  
  
  
  
  Roger