‘Charming’ Prince is a hit with residents
11:00am Saturday 3rd May 2008
Comments (12)A WARM welcome and a warm day greeted Prince Charles when he visited Poundbury.
The prince led a group of international ambassadors, policy makers and environmentalists around the site - including Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith.
“I came out to water the roses and there he was walking along. He asked how my back garden was going. I suppose I am lucky to have said hello to him.”
Mary Walker, 73
He gave a presentation to his guests about the urban development he inspired and stopped to chat to residents.
Mary Walker, 73, of Wardbrook Street, went outside to water her garden and got a shock when the Prince walked past and commented on her garden.
She said: "I came out to water the roses and there he was walking along.
"He asked how my back garden was going. I suppose I am lucky to have said hello to him."
Stacey Brook, 32, of Challacombe Street, met the Prince for the second time when he stopped to chat with her at her front door.
Miss Brook said: "He asked me if I liked living here and if we shopped in the local shop.
"He also asked if it was nice living in Poundbury and I said of course'.
"Some people don't take much notice when he is here but other people like to get out and meet him.
"He was very friendly."
In a speech at Brownsword Hall the prince told visitors how he wanted the development to reduce dependency on cars and put pedestrians first.
He said Poundbury showed how high-density housing could also be beautiful.
Visitor Simon Swanston said he was delighted to see the prince while staying with family in Poundbury. He and wife Sue want to move into the latest phase of the development.
Mr Swanston said: "What Prince Charles has done here has just been ignored. But it is just a lovely community."
After touring the houses, the prince visited Poundbury's allotments. He looked at a new wall built around the site and talked to gardeners working there.
Plot-holder Ellen Reading, 67, said: "He was asking what I was putting in here and was making nice remarks about how the whole site has come on. It was wonderful and he is a charming man."
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DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
6:36pm Sat 3 May 08
the prince told visitors how he wanted the development to reduce dependency on cars and put pedestrians first.I do hope he read the following (and our comments) before he spoke his pearls of wisdom...
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Dorset Boy, Wilds of Dorset says...
8:53pm Sat 3 May 08
free wessex, dorset says...
10:55pm Sat 3 May 08
He gave a presentation to his guests about the urban development he inspired and stopped to chat to residents.
his guests!
Mary Walker, 73, of Wardbrook Street, went outside to water her garden and got a shock when the Prince walked past and commented on her garden.
water her garden make the most of it dear, once another 1000 homes and washing machines kick in you may not have enough pressure to water a window box!!
Tru Belle, purbeck says...
9:05am Sun 4 May 08
Who will know whether they are in Devon or Dorset or any other county, and all the grandiose terms given for Poundburys uniqueness,will be no more .
Dorset Boy, Wilds of Dorset says...
4:27pm Sun 4 May 08
free wessex wrote:Just to add to yopur comment about 1000 buildings, a senior member of the Duchy staff informed me that this is only the start. It is planned that another 3000 is on the cards to be built by 2025. WHERE? Rumour has it that they will be between Monkeys Jump roundabout and the old Friary Press. Can anyone confirm the rumour?
Because of security issues we are always informed of his visit in the Echo after the event, a pity because I would like to talk to Prince Charles about the next 1000 buildings and some already up!
DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
9:06pm Sun 4 May 08
It is planned that another 3000 is on the cards to be built by 2025. WHERE? Rumour has it that they will be between Monkeys Jump roundabout and the old Friary Press. Can anyone confirm the rumour?If jugears is that short of cash from the Dutchy of Cornwall estate, to sell chunks off for housing, what will he do when he is king???
techie, Weymouth says...
12:23am Mon 5 May 08
Who will know whether they are in Devon or Dorset or any other county
Me, I call it spacial awareness. If you don't have that, I am reliably informed that a map can tell you where you are.
Tru Belle, purbeck says...
8:47am Mon 5 May 08
techie wrote:Grrrr
Who will know whether they are in Devon or Dorset or any other countyMe, I call it spacial awareness. If you don't have that, I am reliably informed that a map can tell you where you are.
Please- every county has/or had a unique architectural style. The proposal for the the new development in Devon is identical to Poundbury!!
'Uniqueness' is copycat techniques through out the country!! like every high street and mass build housing estate.
Spacial awareness, what are YOU talking about!!
LEC, Dorchester says...
11:01am Mon 5 May 08
Belle wrote:
The proposal for the the new development in Devon is identical to Poundbury!!
'Uniqueness' is copycat techniques through out the country!!
You're complaining about two estates that will look similar to each other. Where's your abject hysterics about all the Barratt style identi-kit housing estates?
424 of them litter the country, and you're whining about 2...
Tru Belle, purbeck says...
5:01pm Mon 5 May 08
Quick on the draw, aren't you , with smart alec responses. For heavens sake - Barratts are somewhere else on this earth, but Poundbury is meaned to have worldwide acclaim, project of a future King.
What a clot you are!!!
LEC, Dorchester says...
10:14am Tue 6 May 08
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ON TOUR: Charles tours Poundbury with Valerie Pitt-Rivers and former Tory leader Iain Duncan-Smith JG2571
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free wessex, dorset says...
12:09pm Sat 3 May 08