Mice close the 99p shop in Ramsgate and a ramble about shops, blogs the internet and so on.

The 99p shop in the old Woolworths building in Ramsgate has been closed by TDC’s environmental health bods due to mice. Perhaps they need to contact the council’s pest control department http://thanet.gov.uk/your-services/environmental-health/pest-control/pest-control/

This is what it says on the door, click to expand.

There is a lot of activity on the Ramsgate shop front at the moment I have just been down the town and taken some pictures and will add to this post as I get the time today.

The next one is Celandine Hall the indoor market in Harbour Street which is closing down.

Harbour Street seems to be having a bit of a bad time lately, I think the main thing that used to keep it lively was the indoor market where the Smith and Jones pub is now, maybe a case of choosing a lively street and taking over the business that made it lively.

The next one is the one that used to be the jewelers, there is a rumour that The Ramsgate Society may be going to take this one over.

  I wonder what the liability would be to members if this didn't work out financially.

The next one is the one that was The British Heart Foundation, I don’t know why this one has been empty for so long with no board on it, perhaps something to do with the charity.

In many ways it would be helpful if charity shops displayed the revenue that the shop generated for the charity, I would guess there are some large differences between individual shops and when donating to them I would like to know that the charity was benefiting significantly.

Next Mog’s which is in the process of being done up since Mog’s moved out.

And the good news is that Mog’s are moving to the tanning shop that closed in King Street.   

There is a rumour on Facebook that Wilkinsons in Ramsgate is closing and that Tesco intend to move back to the site.

Mind you if you look on the internet you can find that my bookshop, which has actually been on the same site in Ramsgate since 1987, has done all sorts of things that it hasn’t actually done, moved, closed etc.  

Onto the internet and the blogs, I notice Cllr Dave Green’s twitter account has been hacked, which does rather beg the question of negative advertising, I mean would you buy anything from a hacker, sent them your payment details perhaps.

With this blog I am going to have a tentative go a turning anonymous comments back on, although only when I can easily manage the unsuitable comment. 

I don’t really know what the solution with comment is, certainly the comment from the people with the various internet identities wasn’t much better than the anonymous comment and I am chalking the last two months of not allowing anonymous comment down to experience.

In many cases the whole business of comment leaves one with a “there but for the grace”  feeling, a sort of sad surprise that so many people have issues when it comes to adding things to the internet. 

The issue of yesterdays error may need some explanation, what seems to have happened is that the council sent out letters saying that today was the last day to comment on the Granville planning application and then they extended the date.  

I suppose the main item of local news today is Ann Barnes has appointed a Thanet resident as the new youth commissioner.

"On Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 11:19, Ann Barnes: Kent Police & Crime Commissioner <office@annbarneskentpcc.co.uk> wrote:

New Youth Commissioner appointed

Kerry Boyd, from Margate, has been appointed as the new Youth Commissioner.

Kerry, aged 19, will start part-time as of the 5th March 2014, taking up the role full-time as of the beginning of April.

The new Youth Commissioner will be taking a gap year from her degree in Education Studies and Business Studies to commence the role.

In her spare time she is an active runner and a keen supporter of Chelsea FC. She also enjoys driving, music and was a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer.

The role will be a vital link between policing and young people with the job involving educating and deterring young people from committing crime, and promoting keeping safe online.

Kerry will also work with Primary and Secondary Schools, as well as Colleges and Universities to deliver educational packages on wider issues such as knife crime, drugs, how to stay safe, as well as finding out policing priorities.

Talking about her new role, Kerry Boyd said: ‘I’m very pleased indeed that I’ve got the job - it was a role that was calling out to me. For me this is about giving young people a voice in society and finding out what the younger generation want from the police and wider agencies. Like the Commissioner I will always be out and about in local communities. ’

Ann Barnes, Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, said: ‘Kerry really stood out for me as a strong minded young lady who has a hunger to make a difference. I’m confident that Kerry has lots of exciting ideas to make sure that young people are involved in future policing. I’d like to congratulate Kerry on securing the role and look forward to working with her.’ 

Find out more here: http://kent-pcc.gov.uk/youthcommissioner "