General Discussion
The St Kildan's used to eat fulmars - which are similar in size to our herring gull. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22673 . Perhaps we should revive the tradition to keep numbers down!? Seriously though, they are a pest. One way to reduce their numbers would be to stop them from nesting in town as this increases the numbers of gulls who learn to scavenge instead ...
The way this discussion forum is structured it's much easier to keep track of a thread than it is on Facebook. People frequently revisit a subject long after the thread has gone 'cold' and revitalise it, as happened with this one. You wouldn't do that on Facebook. Please don't remove this forum.
leatash - I'm from the Lake District too, and remember what Keswick was like 30/40 years ago. It's been transformed and it is now a lovely place to visit.. Dawlish has so much to offer year round, it could do the same.
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In my experience, the younger members of the work force take off more time in sick leave than older members (and you can check with B&Q, that's why they like to employ older people). We are all living longer, therefore we can only expect to work longer. I agree that bin men may struggle, but many other's wouldn't, teachers, police, and medics included. Being over 60 / 65 doesn't make you ...
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Teignbridge introduced free Sunday parking until March next year in car parks, which means you can park free in Barton Hill, Dawlish The Strand, Dawlish Sandy Lane, Dawlish Inner Car Park, Dawlish Warren Outer Car Park, Dawlish Warren Now, as Dawlish is such a small town, wouldn't it make more sense to include ALL parking? - Include the Strand, the Brunswick and Marine Parade ...
Rainbow1 is right. I voted A because I think full pedestrianisation will be good for Dawlish. But anyone voting B so they can park outside their favourite shop will be disappointed, there are so few parking spaces associated with B that there's no point voting for it!
Rainbow, I agree with you, Exmouth is much better. Option A for me too. If option B, to have traffic, is chosen, I think a lot of its supporters will get a rude shock when they try to park in front of their favourite shops, as the number of parking spaces will be drastically reduced from what there is now. At busy times the spaces would soon fill up so people will be forced to park elsewhere and ...
Brazilnut - In Teignmouth both Maunders and Stokes are on a pedestrianised street and they seem to be doing fine. Food shops, just as much as the gift shops, need to have space in front to display their wares and for customers to browse.