Guest 2001- Registered: 8 Mar 2017
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As a child I always considered Deal the poorer cousin to Dover, Deal always seemed old fashioned and scruffy. Many were grateful for our modernised town centre and market square with chain stores selling 'stuff on the tv ads'!. Now I would say the reverse is true, Dover is scruffy and unkempt and most definitely dated, filled with empty units that even big brands can't sustain. Deal, on the other hand is quaint and the shopfronts are appealing and are most remain independents. Dealites once complained that DDC neglected them, yet I bet they now count themselves lucky, Deal thrived because of their lack of involvement.
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Guest 1266- Registered: 8 May 2014
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Mermaid wrote:As a child I always considered Deal the poorer cousin to Dover, Deal always seemed old fashioned and scruffy.
Yes good post. I remember when Dealites would go on a shopping trip to Dover on a Saturday, not anymore. There is wide distrust and opposition of DDC in Deal these days - just look how quick they have back tracked on recent proposals to ban flowers from benches or engulf Walmer with beach huts. I even hear there is a community watch group proposed to monitor anything DDC does which could impact Deal.
Dovorians seem more supportive of DDC and its leadership. Certainly on here every time I criticise Mr Watkins it is met with disagreement. As Andrew rightly pointed out, Dover has so much potential and Dover & Deal working together to utilise their best assets could be world class. But to achieve this the local political landscape would have to change.
I firmly believe Dover needs to concentrate on its attributes and build a community devoid of any DHB involvement and then start protecting, enhancing and promoting these attributes to visitors and
media and then scale up. The DDC solution of just dropping large scale white elephant vanity projects into the town have so far done nothing to help.
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Jack of Hearts
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Well we like Deal park a long the front have some seafood and a walk in the high st
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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I must say when I went to events in Deal i always received a warm welcome .You would think they might have reacted differently as I was a Conservative?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I fin d it difficult to believe that DDC is biased in any way against Deal. Let's take a look at the facts, 45 councillors 12 of which live in Dover, 13 in Deal, 3 in Sandwich, 16 others that live in the idyllic villages spread around the district or just outside and one who lives in Canterbury
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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I wish Deal well and know many people there and enjoy visiting, despite fielding a certain amount of anti-Dover barbs. You just get tired, as a Dovorian, of being treated like a second class citizen when you go out of town. Not by everyone by any means, and certainly not just in Deal, but often enough.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I am a Dovorian born in 1942 and I do not think that and never have
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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As I said Vic I think we must mix with different people.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Back to more serious matters.
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Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Very clever. I suspect I know the identity of the author.
Captain Haddock
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins
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I find that comment rather tasteless Captain, I hope neither his family or friends are on this forum.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I think it would be outrageous if Deal get this funding after our Market Square regeneration bid got rejected.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/regeneration-cash-could-be-granted-128416/Jan Higgins and Judith Roberts like this
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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How odd there must be plenty of nicer places than Margate or even Deal.
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Brian Dixon
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there is jan but they haven't been there yet
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Yes there are Jan. Isles of Scilly. Still reassuringly expensive! Three weeks in and two to go.
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Weird Granny Slater
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'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Karlos- Location: Dover
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From the DAFC forum.
[U]Dreadful chips down Telegraph Road too !! Better chips down the back of the sofa......
The chippy on The Strand has terrible chips!
Awful chips on Mill Hill!!![/U]
Clearly not from the upmarket part of Deal though!
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