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Welcome to the Deal Society Website
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History
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 A packed audience in the Cleary Hall were privileged to be given a walk
through Deal from the 1920s to the 1940s thanks to one of our own
members, Christian Ball.
Starting with the ruins of Sandown Castle, which provided her as a
child with a delightful spot to sit down particularly on the way home
from picnics in Sandwich Bay, we were taken along Beach Street past the
Coastguards’ Station. Instead of the rows of cars parked along the
front that we see every day, instead boats would be pulled up all along
the road. At North Street there were houses on both sides of the road,
with the backs of those on the seaward side being right onto the beach.
Seagirt House, now long gone, had wonderful views and there was always
a hive of activity around the Boatman’s Rooms.
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Events
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The Mayor and Mayoress of Deal were warmly thanked by Una Stanley, Vice President at the end of the Christmas Drinks Party, which was attended by over 80 members of the Society. It was generally agreed that it was a very successful event and that the Council Chamber in the Town Hall is more conducive to this kind of event than to the sit-down suppers held in the recent past.
The Committee will be taking into account the suggested refinements to make future parties even more enjoyable.
Special thanks are due to all those who helped make the evening such a success, particularly Anthony Hodson Mackenzie and other members of the Committee and Elileen Prosser and her team for the superb canapes and miniature mincepies.
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Conservation & Planning
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 J Farago 5 June 2007
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Anyone who wants to build on vacant land or modify an existing building will need to find out whether Planning Permission is needed or consent under Building Regulations. Some limited development may not need permission, but most developments will need to seek permission. Regulations are more strict for buildings in Conservation Areas or for Listed buildings.
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Conservation & Planning
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by John Farago 06.06.07
Dover District Council is the Planning Authority for Deal and Walmer (as well as for all the rest of the area within its local government boundary).
Current Planning Policies are contained in the Dover District Local Plan (adopted 2002).
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The Spring Drinks Party, held on Friday 18 May at Glen Hill, the lovely home of Andrew and Alison Wollaston, brought together more than 80 members of the Society. The weather was perfect and members were able to walk in the beautiful garden and enjoy the spectacular view of Walmer Castle and the sea, while partaking of the wine and buffet. In fact — a good time was had by all!
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The weather forecast was bad – rain was expected after a prolonged dry period. Why today, we thought? Intrepid as always, 43 of us set off at 8.00 am and, initially, all went smoothly. Thanks to everybody being punctual at the coach pick-up points in Deal and Walmer, we were able to catch an earlier ferry and so had a very short wait at Dover. After a calm crossing and pleasant coach ride we arrived in Boulogne in good time for lunch. And it was lunch that was uppermost in most people’s minds!
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Over 50 members of the Deal Society attended the first coffee morning, organized by the Deal Society at the Landmark Centre, Deal on Wednesday 28 March 2007. It provided an opportunity for members to get to know each other and to learn more about the Society's current activities.
The Chairman, Marianne Haslegrave, gave a short presentation on the various aspects of its work.
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by Gertrude Nunns, a past Vice-President of the Society
The background to the formation of the Deal Protection Society (as it was then known) lay in a report in the East Kent Mercury of 4 January 1946 of a Town Council meeting at which the "redevelopment of a badly bombed area was foreshadowed". This area was defined as bounded by the sea on the east, the High Street on the west, King Street on the north and South Street on the south. Although a grant from the Exchequer might be obtained, it was understood that "indirectly they would have to pay for the improvements themselves". It was agreed to defer the subject for a few months.
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General
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If you have chosen to live in Deal, you will appreciate the charm of
this largely 17th and 18th century town. Deal is unique and The Deal
Society works on your behalf to help keep it that way.
Why We Exist:
The Deal Society, originally known as The Deal
Protection Society, supported by a galvanised population, helped to
thwart a partial destruction of the town which would have meant having
modern civic buildings in place of the largely unspoilt seaside town
you see today.
In 1947 and later during the 1960s many of Deal’s important oldest
buildings, none later than the Nelson period, and sections of the sea
front were to be demolished. During the late 1940s the excuse was “war
clearance”; in the 1960s it was “modernisation”. A large area of the
town was to be razed and replaced by tall, Soviet-style municipal
buildings totally out of keeping with their surroundings. The Deal
Protection Society, as we were then, with the help of well-known and
distinguished supporters, the local and national press, along with a
large number of Deal residents, were vociferous in their objections to
the unwarranted destruction of a large part of this delightful town.
Eventually those plans, and another for a link road which would have
demolished more of the town, were rejected and Deal was saved. The
furore concentrated minds wonderfully: buildings were listed and in the
late 1960s Middle Street was designated the first conservation area in
Kent.
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