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The footpath between Lanherne and Beach Street is now open. A very nice quality job adding to the town's infrastructure. Well done to all involved.
The 33-year-old man was injured with a sharp object after approaching a group of 15 teenagers gathered on The Green, The Strand, Dawlish at around 10pm on Saturday night. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/man-suffers-slash-or-stab-wound-to-neck-after-approaching-group-of-teens/story-30408388-detail/story.html
I'm still not sure what the current situation is in relation to the building of a park.
The play park for The Lawn is not needed nor wanted by most Dawlish residents, I would suspect. The dubious, so called public consultation was a sham, whose questions merely asked where the park should go without any questions asking if it was wanted in the first place. To top it off the comments that you were allowed to make on particular question, in my case i stated numerous times it was not ...
I think the argument to have the playpark in the town centre, on the lawn, was/is driven by the belief that the increase in visitor numbers to the town centre (because of the playpark being sited there) would be beneficial to the town centre shops. Therefore, if that is/was the central and driving argument for 1) Dawlish needing a new playpark and 2) where it should be sited, it follows that ...
Got some happy memories of this place, mostly from the late 80s when it was run by a really nice oldish guy who, as a five-year-old, I simply called 'Little Man'. However, time moves on and it always seemed to struggle to recapture that same magic. I had high hopes when the guy from Coryton's cafe took it over three or so years back, but perhaps the upkeep of a pretty basic building battling ...
The ideal place for a park is surerly down the Warren, not in the middle of the town centre. These never ending campaigns by various groups to ruin the lawn need to cease. The lawn is for the use of ALL the people of Dawlish and its visitors and not just individual groups of people with specific self interested needs. A really special park could be built on he Warren, safe from traffic, noise ...
Opened today at 1pm. Great little convenience store, I wish them all the luck.
Well I still think the manor should be looked at and made into a better use of space and security. Or look at re-developing tucks plot.
I would also go with Dan Cook, highly recommended.