EASTCLIFF RICHARD

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Thursday, February 25, 2010



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Richard Eastcliff, multi-talented millionaire media mogul, writer, producer, proprietor of ECR TV and The Isle of Thanet Gazunder. Email your news, views and events to richardeastcliff@yahoo.co.uk. You can also follow Richard on Facebook and join him on Twitter.
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News And Job Nibbles

Thanet films to be screened in world's smallest solar powered cinema.
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Arts group puts on a storming weekend for Ramsgate.
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Thanet Tory councillor Ewen Cameron arrested and charged with drink driving.
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Thanet is a chlamydia hotspot.
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Isle's poor TV reception won't improve until 2012.
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Ramsgate fisherfolk go back to sea as Dover sole quota extended.
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Art Works co-ordinator Turner Contemporary. £19.5K for seven month contract.
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Lecturer in nail technology Thanet College. Up to £30K.
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China Gateway shares up 104%.
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Ramsgate man stole leg of lamb from Waitrose.
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Margate publican and wife targeted by hate campaign.
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Thanet Offshore Wind geezers drink beer in Whitstable.
You could have clicked here for a photo if the Thanet Offshore Wind geezer who snapped it hadn't taken umbrage at this link and made his flickr page private, which he should have done in the first place if he didn't want anyone else seeing it if you ask me

The Things They Say...

I sympathise, but the future of retail is not on the High Street - large retailers prefer centres.

Tom Price, manager of Westwood Cross, Isle of Thanet Gazette, 18 June 2010 .

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    What's On In Thanet

    Throughout the summer
    Sea angling taster trips@Ramsgate
    Seal watching trips@Ramsgate
    Ramsgate costumed walks
    Ramsgate Eastcliff walks
    Ramsgate Westcliff walks
    Ramsgate Blitz walks
    Surfing and snurfkling@Joss Bay
    Beach safety for kids@Joss Bay
    Broadstairs bandstand concerts
    Margate Old Town summer markets
    Cliftonville bandstand concerts
    Seashore safaris

    August
    29 Margate Lifeboat 150th celebrations
    28-29 Music fest@The Broadstairs Hilton's
    28-30 Summer Squall arts festival Ramsgate
    28-30 Summer Event@Minnis Bay
    30 Beach clean-up@Viking Bay

    September
    1 Sustainable seafood evening Ramsgate
    3 Comedy hypno show@The Granville
    5 Addington Street Fair Ramsgate
    5 On Margate Sounds festival@Tom Thumb
    9-12 Heritage Open Days in Thanet
    10-14 Open days@Pugin's Grange Ramsgate
    11 Love Music Hate Racism festival Margate
    11 Postcard art auction@Margate Harbour Arm
    24-25 Ramsgate Powerboat Fest
    28 Broadstairs Food Festival
    29 Broadstairs Food Festival
    30 Broadstairs Food Festival

    October
    1 Jenny Eclair@Winter Gardens
    1-3 Broadstairs Food Festival
    2-3 Margate International Kite Festival
    9-31 Pushing Print Margate
    15-16 Thanet Cider Festival
    20 Level 42@Winter Gardens
    25-28 Thanet Film Festival
    26 Plan B@Winter Gardens

    November
    11 Thanet Sports Awards
    12 Jimmy Carr@Winter Gardens
    17 Jedward@Winter Gardens
    18 Al Murray@Winter Gardens
    20 Jane McDonald@Winter Gardens
    27 Christmas lights switch-on Birchington

    December
    3 Christmas lights switch-on Margate
    10 Sean Lock@Winter Gardens

    2011
    2 Jan Thanet Mountain Bike Duathlon
    14 July The Open@Royal St George's
    15 July The Open@Royal St George's
    16 July The Open@Royal St George's
    17 July The Open@Royal St George's
    TBA Turner Centre Margate opens

    Email your event to richardeastcliff@yahoo.co.uk.

    2012
    Dreamland Heritage Park Opens tbc

    Recommended Nosheries (chains need not apply)

    • Eddie Gilbert's (Ramsgate)
    • Age & Sons (Ramsgate)
    • The Belgian Bar (Ramsgate)
    • Alexandra Ristorante (Ramsgate)
    • La Magnolia (Ramsgate)
    • Surin (Thai) Ramsgate
    • Patogh (Persian) (Ramsgate)
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    • Siam Kitchen (Thai) (Ramsgate)
    • Miles Bar (Ramsgate)
    • Pelosi (Ice Cream) (Ramsgate)
    • The Lookout (Teas) (Ramsgate)
    • The Indian Princess (Margate)
    • No 6 Brasserie (Margate)
    • Harbour Cafe (Margate)
    • BeBeached (Margate)
    • Ali Raj (Indian) (Margate)
    • Angela's Cafe (Margate)
    • Oscar Road Cafe (Broadstairs)
    • Peens (Broadstairs)
    • Morelli's (Ice Cream) (Broadstairs and Dubai)
    • Pulcinella (Broadstairs)
    • Phileas Fogg (Broadstairs)
    • Tapas Bar (Broadstairs)
    • The Bangkok (Thai) (Cliftonville)
    • Batchelors Patisserie (Cliftonville)
    • The Sportsman Steakhouse (Cliffsend)
    • Quex Barn (Quex Park)
    • The Windshack (Minnis Bay)
    • Botany Bay Beach Kiosk
    • Pete's Fish Factory (Islandwide)
    • Thanet takeaway menus online

    Nearest Michelin Restaurants

    • The Sportsman (Seasalter) (1 Star)
    • The Marquis (Alkham) (Rising Star)
    • Age & Sons (Ramsgate) (Bib)
    • Indian Princess (Margate)
    • Michelin mentioned in East Kent

    Foodie Blogs

    • Food Stories
      Tasty Jerk, Thornton Heath - Yup, Thornton Heath. Look it up. While the rest of the food world had their eyes on which restaurants would make it into the World’s 50 Best last night, I ...
      3 weeks ago
    • DOS HERMANOS: GO EVERYWHERE, EAT EVERYTHING
      MISSION COQ AU VIN: SERVING UP A DODGY OLD BOILER - So, here’s the thing. I really, really dislike the new and growing trend towards quick and easy recipes. I should clar...
      3 months ago

    Postcards From Thanet

    Overheard in Thanet

    Is your hot chocolate gluten free?
    Man at kiosk
    Just wait til I get hold of yer, yer cunt. Yer fuckin' door won't save yer!
    Man on phone in street
    There were dead bodies everywhere at my fuckin' birfday do. No, seriously, my missus had to give one bloke CPR!
    Man on phone in street
    Yer can't smoke in a petrol station can yer? Fuck it, I'm gonna light up anyway. If I blow meself up I'm gonna charge you compensation!
    Woman to staff member at petrol station
    What happened to all those Socialist Workers eh? They joined the bloody Labour Party, that's what!
    Man to woman in Waitrose
    So I grabbed the fuckin' potato peeler and stabbed the cunt.
    Man sitting outside bar.
    Twitter? That's the bit between a bird's twat and her shitter, isn't it?
    Man on train.
    You know the medicine they give us was invented by the Germans in WW2 for their troops, so they could be shot?
    Man on street.
    Yeah, well, he's a fucking bald headed cunt.
    Man at Margate football match.
    You better choose your sweets, inch yer! I'm not a bleedin' psychic, inn I?
    Woman to small child.
    I like haring but I don't like it when the dog just bites into it an' it fuckin' screams and then you 'ave to go an' chop it.
    Man in restaurant

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    • Crampton Tower Museum
    • Gadds' Ramsgate Brewery
    • Goodwin Sands and seal trips
    • Hornby Visitor Centre
    • Joss Bay Surf School
    • Margate Harbour Arm
    • Margate Old Town
    • Margate Shell Grotto
    • Michaels Bookshop
    • Paddle Steamer Trips
    • Pugin's Grange Ramsgate
    • Quex House Museum
    • Quex Park
    • Ramsgate Pinball Museum
    • Ramsgate Pleasurama Remembered
    • Ramsgate Remembered
    • Rare Species Conservation Centre
    • Revolution Skate/Climb/Surf Park
    • Southeastern Trains
    • St Peter's Village Tours
    • Thanet Archaeology Virtual Museum
    • The Ramsgate seals
    • Transeuropa Ferries
    • Visit Thanet
    • What's On Margate
    • Wildwood Animal Park

    ARTS AND CRAFTS

    • Nice Things Ramsgate
    • Ramsgate Arts
    • Michael's Bookshop Ramsgate
    • Ramsgate Operatic Society
    • Ramsgate Photos On Flickr
    • Qing Margate
    • Blackbird Margate
    • Limbo Arts (Margate Substation)
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    • Marine Studios Margate
    • Margate Photos On Flickr
    • IsleArts
    • Millicent Press
    • Scandalmongers Theatre
    • Superb Seaside Photos By DJ Bass
    • Turner Contemporary

    ENTERTAINMENT

    • Boogaloo Ramsgate
    • Broadstairs Live Gigs
    • Broadstairs Pavilion
    • Carlton Cinema Westgate
    • Eastcliff Bandstand
    • Granville Theatre and Cinem
    • Margate Winter Gardens
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    • Sarah Thorne Theatre Club
    • Thanet Events Listings
    • Theatre Royal Margate
    • Tom Thumb Theatre
    • Westcoast live music bar
    • Westwood Vue multiplex

    PLACES TO STAY

    • Glendevon Guest House Ramsgate
    • Royal Harbour Hotel Ramsgate
    • The Reading Rooms B&B Margate
    • Belvidere Place Broadstairs

    SPORT AND LEISURE

    • Broadstairs Bowls Club
    • Broadstairs CC
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    • Ramsgate FC
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    • Thanet Swim Club
    • Thanet Wanderers RUFC
    • Wantsum Angling Association

    BEER

    • Planet Thanet GuzzleFest Website
    • The Gaddfather Of Ale

    COMMUNITY

    • Active Thanet (all clubs and socs)
    • Burlesque and lap dance lessons
    • Eastcliff Residents' Association
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    • Freegle Thanet
    • Hands Off Our Tennis Courts
    • Isle of Thanet Photographic Society
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    • Thanet Works
    • Thanet Youth Matters
    • The Island Guide for oldies
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    • We Make Margate

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    • Local Crime Stats From Kent's Finest
    • Planning Applications In Thanet
    • Ramsgate Tides
    • Shipping Map (real time)

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    Campaign For The Protection Of Rural England (CPRE)
    KCC Boss Paul Carter
    Thanet South MP Steve Ladyman

    Number of airlines that went bust in 2008: 85

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    Fred Olsen scuppers Euroferries Bonanza Express deal

    Euroferries service will not now start until 2010

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    Euroferries 'intimidating bloggers' on Hidden Europe

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    Click here for local comment on the Thanet Gazette website.


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    - 'Died (sic) In The Wool Tory'

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    - Mr Dickens, Broadstairs

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