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    Despite Dover's former mining community this town is primarily associated with port and military connections in the eyes of most people. It is not generally associated with mining despite the (slightly obscure) associated history. Even without the local coalfields, Dover would still be here at probably roughly the same size.

    Some of the Dover District villages were set up specifically to provide a community for local miners in the area of their pits. For example, Aylesham was specifically built in 1926 to house miners and their families.

    This is the reason I believe the statue should be moved to Snowdown, Betteshanger, Ayleham, Snowdown or Timanstone - the coal mines were their raison d'etre. Without the mines they simply would not have been developed. These communities deserve their own statue to celebrate who they were so perhaps it should be moved to a community with a greater direct association.

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