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The manager at Dawlish Town Football Club is Chris Myers, a 34-year-old Torquay postman. "I'm very happy with this appointment," he said. Being ex-professional footballer whose has played for Exeter City, Torquay United, Dundee United and Dorchester he brings experience with me. Nigel Gooding the new chairman who along with Mr. Myers will be looking to bring in new players to the club.

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 ...

23 September 2003 - 31 October 2003 For all your Halloween goods. Masks, Vangs, Cobb webs. Witch's Hats, Party Poppers. Vampire Bats, etc. Jen's Old Fashion Sweet Shop brings you a fantastic range of Halloween Party Supplies with a great selection of Fun Party Wigs, Children's Fancy Dress Costumes and brilliant Halloween Novelties and accessories.

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 ...

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 ...

After nine years as the manager of East Teignbridge Community Transport Association, I have recently made the decision to change direction in my work. I would like to say a big thank you to all our passengers, volunteers, local businesses and the other local organisations that I have worked with, for their support and help in making community transport in Dawlish the valued service that it is ...

I was born in Holcombe village when it was a small but very happy and very hard-working. Over the years it has grown a great deal, which is quite correct and fair as so many people need homes. But this was by a field here and a field there, and it was still a happy village until some people came and bought houses with reasonable size gardens then one after the other decided to be very greedy and ...

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 ...

I would like to contact ex-service personnel who served in Kure, Japan. The object is to seek personal memories and the loan of photographs, etc. of the Kure/Hiroshima area for copying into Kure Council History Library archives. They will then be returned direct from Kure to the contributor with an official letter of thanks and a pictorial booklet about the city. To date, 512 people have helped. ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Perseids are one of the best known annual meteor showers. Each year in mid-August, dust from the comet Swift-Tuttle falls on the Earth's northern hemisphere creating the light show. This year, the Perseids peak on August 13th. While the meteor shower is being somewhat obscured by the glare of a full moon, sky watchers spotted this fireball over El Paso, Texas, on August 5.

The City Steam Jazz Band played to an ever growing crowd as their great repertoire pulled people in from all directions to the Lawn, Dawlish. Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweet Sue and Strutting with some bar-be-que were just some of the tracks heard by the enthralled crowd, with some breaking out in to a dance. Although the evening was a little cloudy it did nothing to diminish the peoples enjoyment. The ...

The evening kicked off with one of Dawlish's younger rock groups "Skatanic" whose mix of Ska beats and punchy lyrics really got the crowd going. Doing a mixture of original material and a few covers, they blasted their British interpretation of a distinctly transatlantic sound to the joy of the audience. Between bands the large 400 capacity tent grooved to the funky soul tunes of local DJ Kris ...

Town Beach was briefly closed by Teignbridge District Council yesterday, since the water did not meet european standards for bathing. The beach was opened again Friday (15/08/2003) after the Environment agency passed the beach fit for bathing.

The weather predictions for the week show sunshine with some clouds. Next weekend (16th-17th), however, showers and storms are predicted. This may be a small setback for trade, but it will no doubt be a welcome break for asthma and alergy sufferers, some of whom have found the increase in air polution associated with the heat has worsened their condition. The temperature will be around 22C max ...

A homeless couple, who were living in a tent in Dawlish until last week, are one of the first to acquire accommodation under a new scheme devised by the Teignbridge District Council. The council has always been concerned about the homeless in Teignbridge and until now has generally been able to offer housing to those in this difficult situation. However, with the current cost of housing and ...

The town’s beaches were packed with families soaking up the sun this weekend while the temperature has been rising ahead of the forthcoming carnival festivities next week. This years tourist season could be one of the best ever with the holiday parks, hotels and guesthouses fully booked. There are many entertainment events happening all summer such as the stunt shows at Dawlish Warren and the ...

The Dave Rowlands fair which comes to town every year has been in Dawlish all week. The fair provides entertainment for all ages including crazy buildings to explore, a simulator and the rhythm dancer. Although the weather has continually threaten to turn The Lawn into a quagmire, the people have still turned out to enjoy themselves all the same. The firework display on Thursday evening was not ...