tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276801.post8576641418198380108..comments2023-06-25T15:12:45.326+01:00Comments on Zumi - Dover and East Kent: Addington Street . . . dainty...ZumiWebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17892522923356784080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276801.post-7143587515965006352008-05-09T08:14:00.000+01:002008-05-09T08:14:00.000+01:00I used to love the haberdashers in Addington Stree...I used to love the haberdashers in Addington Street but had to allow at least 30 minutes if going in there as the chat with the owner was compulsory by everyoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276801.post-15711233239641747212008-05-06T12:08:00.000+01:002008-05-06T12:08:00.000+01:00In the late 60s and early 70s Addington Street had...In the late 60s and early 70s Addington Street had among other things the town’s only secondhand bookshop. We had a guesthouse in Augusta Road and Bellevue Road had the butcher and greengrocers that supplied us. What we are seeing now is Westwood Cross damaging the town centre, I for one have boycotted out of town shopping wherever possible, and as for shops like Tesco and M&S that walked away from Ramsgate damaging the town, I try not to use them at all.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276801.post-694821021141689782008-05-06T11:37:00.000+01:002008-05-06T11:37:00.000+01:00On the trendier east side we had Bellevue Road, of...On the trendier east side we had Bellevue Road, of course, where you could shop til you dropped and even catch a tram! Amazing to think of trams trundling up and down such a narrow street.<BR/><BR/>Now about the only thing you're likely to catch along there is a communicable disease or a drug deal going on in broad daylight, which just goes to prove how much more cosmopolitan we are over here in the east!Richard Eastcliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.com