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Beach Holidays comments on Kent beaches get seal of approval in new Good Beach Guide

Secret Beaches have always been a fascination of mine and its a nice surprise to find that Kent offers a few hidden gems. I'm staying in the UK this summer instead of flying off somewhere, purely because I'm slowly realising that ...

Ann Gannon comments on Delicatessen plundered for scrap twice in one week

We returned home on Saturday 15th June at about 11pm. There was a gentleman outside our house at the top in Western Esplanade, he had been aware of 3 men dragging an aluminium boat up the bank by the Red Shelter ...

Dick Holness comments on Is a superstore super news?

I never thought much of the William Street CDA proposal, it looked like another brick canyon like Canterbury's awful Whitefriars which would blight the rest of the shopping area around it. The Council seems to have blown the better ideas that ...

seabreeze comments on News from the end of the Pier

£56k to maintain under structure really? can CCC back this up with facts and figures I really don't think they want you to have this pier as for RECLAIM THE PIER FOR THE PEOPLE it was used by the people and ...

Geoff Wimble comments on Herne Bay's growth threatened by Canterbury's greed

Further questions should be asked when the Hotel at Talmead HERNE BAY is advertised with trip advisor by CCC as North Canterbury. Lets be clear the determination by staff at CCC is to OPTIMISE the word CANTERBURY for computer search engines, ...

Geoff Wimble comments on Pier review

Another questionable activity why would the present owners of Mackaris and the bandstand information center, where we apparently allowed a long rent free period and free electricity, no satisfactory answers from CCC., have now purchased property on Herne Bay Sea-front earmarked ...

Geoff Wimble comments on Pier review

IT WOULD APPEAR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN HERNE BAY PIER SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ESPECIALLY AS CCC. HAVE OPENLY ADVERTISED FOR BUSINESSES TO TAKE CONCESSIONS. If this is not a deliberate attempt to demoralize may I apologise but others can view and ...

Mrs. J Green comments on Minnis Day Center - KCC are the only ones who want it to close

As a Birchington resident over the age of 75 I am appalled to hear that KCC are proposing to close Minnis Bay Day Centre. Fortunately I do not have to use these facilities at present, but realise that the day is ...

scrap metal comments on Delicatessen plundered for scrap twice in one week

thanks for your post. That's a good update.

KH comments on Tourism in Herne Bay

Thank you for your letter of 28 March to John Penrose about Herne Bay and the closure of the Visitor Information Centre. I have been asked to reply. As you may know most Visitor Information Centres are controlled ...

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Jun302011

100 march against post closures

Jun 30, 2011 at 23:49

More than 100 campaigners took to the streets in protest at plans to close Royal Mail sorting ofﬁces in Herne Bay and Whitstable. They marched through Herne Bay on Saturday and along the seafront, led by Bay sound engineer David Shepherd, 39, with a loud hailer.

Joining him was Whitstable campaigner and postman Chris Stone. Royal Mail Wants to close depots in Eddington Lane, Herne Bay, and Cromwell Road, Whitstable, as part of a huge shake-up within the next two years. Operations would be concentrated at the Canterbury depot in Military Road. The march was featured by both BBC and ITV.

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Jun232011

So-called savings will deliver more costs

Jun 23, 2011 at 17:36

As I'm sure you know by now, they are closing down the delivery offices in Whitstable and Herne Bay, and relocating them to Canterbury. This is being done in the name of savings. It will cost less to maintain a single centralised office than three local offices, we are told. But is it true? I've been working it out.

There are 50 workers each in Whitstable and Herne Bay - 100 workers altogether. It will take about 30 minutes each way to drive to and from Canterbury. So that's an hour of Royal Mail time spent getting postal workers to and from the start of their rounds. They earn £8.86 an hour, so it will cost the company £886 a day, which is £5,316 a week, or £276,432 a year.

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Jun232011

Councillors say sorting office closure will be 'horrendous'

Jun 23, 2011 at 10:45

Closing the sorting office in Herne Bay will affect new businesses, according to concerned councillors. Members of the city council's ruling executive debated Royal Mail's plan to shut the depot and move staff to Canterbury, at their meeting on Thursday. Petitioner Dick Eburne said the move would cause many problems. He said: