Guest 782- Registered: 4 Oct 2012
- Posts: 357
Yes, very good news. MPM is a good chap and will do even better on that corner I am sure.
We have let the next door unit too!!!
In the meantime, if anyone wants to take their old unit in Cannon Street, I should have the keys very soon MPM!
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
- Posts: 2,594
Oh for more industrious local businesses such as Mobile Mechanic and Tersons
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
Courtesy Independent............
Seaside towns have become 'dumping grounds' for poor, says think-tank
Seaside towns once considered among the most fashionable addresses in Britain have become
little more than "dumping grounds" for people with problems, an influential think-tank claims.
The collapse of the "bucket and spade" holiday market with the arrival of package holidays in the
1970s and the long seaside property slump has left many resorts more likely to attract homeless
and unemployed people or ex-offenders than tourists, according to the Centre for Social Justice.
All but a handful of once booming towns have become virtual seaside "ghettoes" with poverty levels now
comparable those seen in deprived inner city areas, it finds.
In some run-down districts up to two thirds of working age people now rely on unemployment benefits
- a proportion which barely falls during the holiday season when short-term work would once have
boosted the local economy.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,860
not a good move uf correct
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Dover is doing well with full shops at this time would like to see more full up, but overall things are on the up in the town centre.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
London Road is having a bit of a resurgence with new shop openings. I'm doing a feature in the next couple weeks for the LRCF website. I'll keep you posted.
Terry
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i noticed the other day a new shop at the front of the charlton centre called "tel boy's".
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
kieth,i think they referring to margate,with thanet in genral as a dumping ground.the rent is cheaper.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
Sad indeed, "contacted shortly" does not sound like "reimbursed promptly".
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 1031- Registered: 22 Aug 2013
- Posts: 41
Dover is still losing the battle of the high street and has a long way to go to attract shoppers back, Canterbury on the other hand is still a place where many, who live outside of London, will go to shop.
Folkestone is also making the right noises as regards development and just may grab the attention of the lucrative tourist trade too!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
sorry to hear about "beddy buys" bought 2 beds from them in the past and had great service from them.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
We have had several beds from them, very sad they are finishing.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
speaking to mr capper [butcher Charlton center] the shop will be back in a fortnight.the chap who used to run the shop has had a heart attack and a stroke,now has desided to return to his folkestone based shop to trade.his manager of the Folkestone shop will take over the Charlton center shop soon.
Guest 1036- Registered: 27 Aug 2013
- Posts: 37
Beddy Buys shop in Folkestone has closed and there is a notice on the window identical to the one on the above posting. They will not be back in 2 weeks, Mr Capper was having you on Brian.
Eleanor H.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,806
Mr Capper would have been relaying what he had been told and would not deliberately mislead anyone.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
No Jan, but Glyn is nearly as much of a leg-puller as I am.....
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,806
Yes Glyn has a wicked sense of humour we have had many a laugh together, but I still do not think he would have said that unless that is what he had been led to believe.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
went through Charlton center this morning,and there was beds in the old beddybuys unit.you can just make them out through the white washed widows [the gaps init] that is.
Guest 1036- Registered: 27 Aug 2013
- Posts: 37
Ed is this a free advert for your daughter -in-laws shop.I was not aware that we advertised on this Forum.
Eleanor H.
