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Nelson: Court reports are postings of fact, they are not discussion items. Your aim in posting them is to "name and shame", and not to promote discussion. This is a discussion forum and as such is not an appropriate place for such postings. If you want to publicise court decisions on the Internet, there are more appropriate ways to do it, for example you could start a Blog, Facebook page, ...
Dawlish is so unusual in having a main shopping street running alongside lawns, flowerbeds and a river with ducks and swans. There's nowhere else like it in the country. I think it's lovely!
I asked Alison Seabeck MP about it via Twitter, her reply was " @DawlishBlue Not my idea I was merely asked by BBC to comment and in my view it, along with a range of other ideas, should be discussed."
I agree. We were very impressed with the youngsters of Dawlish when we first moved here 6 years ago, they are polite and cheerful. One of our first experiences of Dawlish was of a chatty, smiling teenager serving us in a shop - it gave us an excellent first impression of the town.
I can't argue with that Webmaster, well said!
Nelson, this is a nasty and unnecessary thread!
It depends what time you want to shop. There are times when there are plenty of spaces on the Strand. Local food shops need to have free parking close by - if you have to get in your car to get to a shop and the local Supermarket has free parking but the local High Street doesn't, then that gives the Supermarket an unfair advantage.
It was very well run last summer, with attractive tables and chairs set out overlooking the beach. I used it a number of times. The people running it paint it before opening for the season. It must be difficult to keep it looking good because of the battering it gets from the sea in winter.
Wrigger - " you still need to go elsewhere eg Sainsburys, to buy most of what you need so why not go there in the first place and get everything." Not true, I very rarely use Supermarkets, have done all my shopping in Dawlish for the last 6 years.
There's FREE parking in Barton Hill car park on Sundays until the end of March. Combine your shopping with a stroll along The Brook. Well done Stokes, I wish you well. I find it handy when Stokes and Maunders are open Sundays as I'd rather walk to them from home than drive to Sainsburys. In fact, I rarely go to Sainsburys as I get much better and tastier meat and veg at Maunders and Stokes.