Dawlish News
The amendments to the order include deleting suggested restrictions at the west end of Barton Terrace, Barton Villas, Barton Crescent, and the retention of most of the parking at the east end of Barton Terrace and Stockton Hill. Spaces are being created in Brook Street, close to the Hedley Way Centre and Strand Hill, together with retaining the parking spaces in King Street. The loading- bays in ...
Local man Tom Ahearn rescues a girl from the sea near to Red Rock, while she was attempting to rescue her dog that had been swept in to the sea by a large wave. Tom was walking back from the Warren behind Miss Arwen Bird and saw she was lying face down in the water. took off his trousers, top, shoes and jumped in. "I just knew I had to get her out as quickly as I could, I managed to get to her ...
Bryan Weston has interviewed people who lived in the village of Holcombe between 1900 and 1960. His new book, called Captured In Time - Memories Of A Devon Village, recounts the rural ways before 1965 when large-scale housing development trebled Holcombe's size and population. Mr Weston, 67, who has lived in Holcombe for the last 23 years, penned a book on the early history of the village called ...
The capule contained a old 1p coin, The Dawlish Times 1881, The Methodist Recorder 1879 and The Western Morning News 1881. Mr Fey, the church steward, was delighted at the find and after spending some time studying the documents will pass them on to Exeter Library for archiving. The Dawlish Times started in October 1868 and publication stopped in June 1903. Devon Library has most publications ...
Water rates are at their highest in Dawlish, with many opting to switch to meters to try and reduce their bills, and others forking out over £1000 per year in rates. Whilst we are trying to conserve water, South West Water doesn't seem interested in fixing the leak in Westcliff Road. This has angered residents of the street, in particular one lady who notified South West Water on August 21. They ...
The proposal has caused mixed feelings among locals with many sceptical about aspects of the proposal such as affordable housing. The southern part of the application site has had planning permission for over 10 years for employment use, but this has never been taken up, and overall the results of the environmental impact assessment indicates that the site will not cause any significant negative ...
Staff at Sefton Hall in Plantation Terrace called an ambulance shortly after 4.10pm on Sunday after finding the woman severely injured on the ground outside. She was later declared dead at the scene. Police think she may have fallen from an open window on the nursing home's third floor. A Devon and Cornwall police spokesman said: "Scene of crime officers and CID officers did attend and believe ...
The proposal to extend double yellow lines along Barton Terrace has raised serious concern among residents and business owners. The difficulty of finding parking already and the implications on safety are the main concerns. Many residents have commented that parking acts as a natural speed control and by disallowing parking the result is going to be a faster and increased flow of traffic along ...
The submission from Black Country Properties Ltd followed several months of consultation with the local community and statutory consultants (Environment Agency, English Heritage, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , etc) and the result of this has been a plan with a mix of land uses including offices, shops, a doctors surgery, a school and houses and flats. Simon Steele-Perkins, ...
Situated in a large field adjacent to Warren Road, the Minisunburn music festival should have been the biggest event in the area for years with live bands, dance tents and specialised Mini cars on show, but the event ground to a halt on the second day of the three day event. (29 – 31/08/2003). Such an event requires thousands of ticket sales to become viable, but for the event organiser, Tim ...
