New docs on The Department For Transport website, I think
this is the most significant https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-east/manston-airport/?ipcsection=advice&ipcadvice=5f16d75fa1
News item from Stonehill Park http://www.stonehillpark.co.uk/statement-regarding-s53-access-for-rsp-to-stone-hill-park-development-site
The BBC news item about RiverOak threatening the Thanet
council leader with legal action, this link leads to the transcript https://subsaga.com/bbc/weather/south-east-today/evening-news/2017/04/11.html
My bookshop closes on Sundays, Thursdays and Bank Holidays
so a bit of a holiday feel here as Friday and Monday are Bank Holidays and we
will also be closed on Thursday and Sunday.
I guess with the Manston issue it rather hinges around whatever
the latest company called RiverOak actually is saying, either that the majority
of it isn’t owned by a Belize registered entity or that Belize registered
entities are transparent and would fulfil the ethical criteria required by the
DFT to mount a DCO.
I guess the most humorous news item this week is that the
ferry expert appointed by Thanet District Council has recommended that the
council purchase their own ferry to operate a ferry service between Ramsgate
and the continent. See http://www.theisleofthanetnews.com/thanet-councils-new-shipping-expert-says-the-authority-might-buy-its-own-ferry-for-ramsgate-port/
I wonder if anyone at TDC realises that while it is only a
little bit further from Ramsgate to the continent than it is from Dover to the
continent, because of the Goodwin Sands a ferry from Ramsgate has to travel
roughly twice as one from Dover.
It would seem that for some reason Thanet Council feels that
Ramsgate should aspire to become like Dover.
The most encouraging news item for me is this one http://www.kentlive.news/a-rooftop-bar-is-planned-for-the-former-escape-club-site-in-margate/story-30261299-detail/story.html
as I think it could be a very good place to sketch from.
The Easter photo competition is an interesting one and
something I haven’t tried before, the key here is trying to do something to get
people to engage better with Thanet’s local history. I am particularly
interested in the limitations of the internet when it comes learning something,
there is an area where the difference between information derived from a screen
is different from information derived in other ways. Obviously I have a
particular interest in the role played by traditional paper books and how this
differs from and compliments the role played by technology.
Oh yes and a shame we lost the sprint, see http://www.theisleofthanetnews.com/ramsgate-sprint-organisers-will-stage-a-massive-2017-show-in-sandwich/
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