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11 Feb 2015

Yes, the Battle of Loos.  This was the largest number of deaths in a single day for Dawlish during the war.  Awful, one can't begin to imagine the collective effect on the town as the news filtered home. More news later in the year about how the anniversary will be marked

@Brian The reply I have had from Teignbridge is that they want to move ahead with a cafe at Coryton and are still trying to resolve access and funding issues.  I can't say that there is an absolute guarantee in the response that insurance monies are ring fenced, which I can only assume is care not to box themselves in should the cost of building a decent cafe and resolving the access ...

For those who would like to join us, these are the remaining dates for 2015 February 15th - Paul Holman (12:30 at the Methodist Church) March 13th - Walter Stoyles March 17th - Clarence Henry Crook April 16th - George John Pessell April 25th - Richard Alexander Rooth April 27th - Wilfred George Jackson April 28th - Edward Mudge May 9th - Frederick George Ford May ...

9 Feb 2015

There will be a Service of Remembrance for Dawlish World War One soldier Paul Holman, who died on 15th February 1915 Please join us at Dawlish Methodist Church Sunday 15th February 2015 at 12:30 There will be a brief religious service, followed by a social gathering and everyone is welcome whatever your faith. The primary focus of this event is to mark the loss of Paul Holman, and to ...

We were told that progress has been delayed by negotiations with insurers and Network Rail TDC think the earliest practical date to start work is July,  Town Council agreed it is more sensible to wait until after the summer season.  We don't want time wasted though and asked for an outline planning application to be submitted ASAP so any access issues can be resolved we saw the initial plan ...

The following information is from the Town Centre Manager " Dartmoor Brewery will at the station at 3pm to give the money raised from the promotional real ale to the Snooky Trust and Teign Assist. There will be some GWR representatives arriving around 2pm as well as possible some orange army people. Friends of Dawlish Station will be decorating the station in the morning ...

It seems to me that only the Developers can answer those questions as they are intending to build these new houses and community centre against the wishes of the local authority.

4 Feb 2015

This was an element of the planning application rejected by Teignbridge but over ruled by the Planning Inspector I'm not aware of any consultation since, so it must be assumed the developers are building at their own risk.  Or it will never materialise and remain a detail on a plan.

I'm told that all such issues are part of the detailed design work to be done now the grant has been awarded.