General Discussion
Leigham Court is fairly quiet. It used to be full of elderly people who had bought the houses new in the early 70's but they are gradually dying or moving to nursing homes! There are now a couple of houses that are rented out, there are younger families moving in so there are now quite a few cars about. If you're looking at buying then make sure the roff is checked properly - they're flat ...
Dawlish is lovely, very family friendly, lots to do. Good transport links, shopping for food is ok, shopping for other stuff is improving. Schools - Gatehouse has gone downhill over the recent years but steps are underway to sort this out, but I'd go for Westcliff - they are great there now. Community College is good - my youngest did well there. If you look at the Kinngsdown Crescent area ...
How is there going to be new management? They run as a business with directors? They can't be sacked, the only way to replace them is if they resign. Now if they do that then fantastic but until then they have the right to carry on with using the name of Dawlish Carnival and nothing changes. BTW haven't read the gazette this week yet
Shall be shopping for groceries online and baking my own bread!! There's no chance of nipping to Sainsburys now, each trip takes half an hour just to get there and back, another example of the fine joined-up-thinking of our local authorities etc. Muppets
Years ago I was at a meeting in which a DCC highways chap said to those complaining about parking along Westcliff that it acts as a traffic calming measure in itself. It forces traffic to go slower! My youngest went to Gatehouse and left 11 ish years ago, it was a nightmare then, especially if it was wet as those that would walk or park further away couldn't possibly get wet. Many times the ...
Flo - once upon a time there were plans to have a cemetery there once the one in Oak Hill was full. Don't know when that idea was changed, possibly when the value of the land when up as it became worth building on.....
One comment only - if you think it's acceptable to turn away from people in crisis, people who have fled their homes, their family, their jobs (they're not all scroungers that want our welfare system), their way of life etc - then shame on you. And let's all pray to whatever deity we believe in (although Christians, Arabs & Jews have the same God just different ideas of who is or is not His son ...
There always seems to be a surgery and a nursing home in the first draft of plans for big developments, then they get quietly dropped.
Elvis - is he independent or with a school? if he's with a school then report him to them - they can take action internally. If you or anyone else want to take it further then contact the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency as all instructors have to adhere to a code of practice https://www.gov.uk/guidance/adi-voluntary-code-of-practice
FB. A few years ago the fair came under it's own booking as a commercial interest that paid a proper fee for doing so. That fee was roughly the same as the cost of any repairs or groundwork needed on the Lawn. Now the fair comes in on the carnival booking, the carnival pays the same fee (I understand) as any other organisation or charity wanting to book the Lawn. So does that mean that TDC ...
