Thanet Strife

CLEANSWEEP RESULTS IN CLIFTONVILLE AND MARGATE - Homes with damp, blocked fire escapes, and even a motorbike in the kitchen of a food premise are some of the issues uncovered in the latest Operation Clean...

Thanet District Council Webcast 19th January Council Meeting about the budget, Margate Football Club and so on. - The thing with local government here in Thanet is that one is inclined to get something that is both not very good and expensive, the webcasts of the cou...

Care by Kid Rock (featuring Martina McBride and T.I.) - I heard this for the first time today and cant stop playing it I posted the Lyrics on my other blog Kentallinoneplace's Blog

The sea defence dig - beach glass - As the Margate sea defence work progress the changes will affect the tidal flow in and around the Harbour and around the Main Sands itself. This in turn wi...

Lost and Found - I happen to be a non-exec of a local technology company and from time to time we have some interesting visitors to the office in Minster. 'Nasty Nick' is a...

Cancer Clive to call Cancer Police for Cancer Corporate Manslaughter at Cancer Manston? - Same-old same-old from the pensioners club at TDC.Infratil’s Buchanan ignores the overflight restrictions and TDC let him.Silence from new TDC Leader Clive H...

Old Dogs. - An old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direc...

East Kent Hospitals - Turn back the clocks - If you thought the idea of an evening spent listening to local councillors, debate next years council budget was depressing, you'd be right, however the p...

Child Poverty in Thanet hits 25% - *Another dubious honour as Thanet tops the list of poorest areas in Kent.* When it comes to child poverty Thanet is well ahead of the pack with a quarter o...

I have added Ville Views and Will Scobie to the select bunch of blogs here. -

Day of Action!!!! - I see that the public sector unions are on strike today... Good luck to them , but it would help if they were on the picket lines!!! I know at least 7 fami...

The airport stays silent......... - ......well it makes a pleasant change from having dangerous ageing freight crates overhead in the dead of the night! But I'm not talking about the planes. ...

Guardian 5th August 2011 - Ramsgate is the most foodie of the Thanet towns, and with its royal marina and water-facing alfresco cafes, flirts successfully with that semi-mythical b...

Should Thanet Councillors Have Free Food and Drinks? - My previous story on Conservative Thanet District councillors receiving free alcohol and food after Council meetings has attracted a lot of comment. I rai...

Home Gym and Steam Room - After facebook discussions on a COPD group as promised a piccie of the shed I used to use as home gym. I built a cubicle across one corner as a steam r...

Hi De Hi Clampers - I talked to a lorry driver this week who was absolutely livid, he'd allegedly just been clamped and charged £ 250.00 for release at the Co-op/Somerfield pe...

DFL Goes BTL - by Isle of Thanet Gazunder Society Editor Mary Hinge Celebrity blogger Richard Eastcliff has shocked the isle by moving back to London! He made the surpris...

Tobin Tax - Robin Hood tax - Same sort of thing: a terrific video: http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/ As they say though: very complex. Almost impossible. Complex. Impossible. Original pos...

New Edinburgh Route from KIA - SCHEDULED flights will return to Manston airport in May with a new route between Thanet and Edinburgh. Owner Infratil and airline Flybe announced a deal to...

WELCOME! ITS BEEN 12 PLANTING SEASONS SO FAR! - Trees for Thanet Projects Map . (Click on map and all photographs for enlarged detail) What it's all for! A one year old hedge with a 6m headland full of in...

Archbishop a "Commie B*****d" - THE STONE HALLS and precincts of Canterbury and Rochester Cathedrals are echoing to hushed, urgent gossip this evening, as it was revealed that an aide ...

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