Thanet Watch

Reader Steve writes:

Dear ECR,

I found this piece of jewellery in my back garden. Looks like something one wouldn't want to lose. Can you help me reunite it with its owner?

Well Steve, us Ramsgate millionaires are early adopters, as you know. Personally, I wouldn't be seen dead driving my state-of-the-art hybrid without watching the box set of Breaking Bad on my Google Glass whilst taking a selfie on my superduper phablet.

So my guess is that this is one of those fancy new smart watches. It's probably insured, but in case any of you lovely readers recognise it as yours, do get in touch by emailing me at the address on the right.

Getting Our Backs Up

Following last week's ECR fonejack, Thanet Council appear to have got a wriggle on and are finally replacing the backs of the shelters here on Ramsgate's swinging East Cliff, which they removed to 'repair' eight months ago.

You'll recall that the nice lady in the Foreshores Department, who was responsible for these shelters but couldn't help with the fountain that's 20 feet away because that's the responsibility of the Open Spaces Department, promised on the phone that, with the summer 'rush' now over, the department's contractors would be able to turn their full attention to the less urgent task of, er, keeping the foreshores looking nice. And it seems as if she was as good as her word!

Apparently they'd had a lot of trouble with shelters being vandalised. Rotters, those vandals. They come along, take half your shelter away on the pretext of repairing it, then they disappear for eight months. Shocking!

Phone With The Wind?

Yikes! The telling bone here at the old cliff top mansion appears to have died. Although, as you can see, the interthingy seems to be working fine. Anyone else on the Ile having trouble with their BT line? Maybe it's something to do with this awful wind. Or perhaps our beloved council have come round and chopped my wires, following last week's fonejack!

Prom Service?

Word reaches me that some of you have been having a spot of bother getting through to the right department when dealing with our beloved Thanet District Council on the phone. So I thought I'd give it a go myself. Here's what happened (the voices have been disguised to protect the innocent)...