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Thursday was chosen as carnival day when the local shops had half-day closing and people would spend the afternoon putting their floats together.(many a year ago). The carnival has become so large and popular over the years and having both the air display and the carnival on the same day must be one big headache for the organisers. It's a good idea to separate the two events.
Whats wrong with people today? A scattering of snow and panic sets in. One school closed and another not sure which caused confusion. No post. We had a lot worse than this about 18-20 years ago. The milkman delivered to our door and the postmen were given special rubber and chain fitments to attach to their shoes and delivered as normal. I can remember my friend and I sliding down Strand Hill ...
I think there is a lot of vandalism in Dawlish which isn't reported. The Sports Pavilion at Sandy Lane was broken into and the windows smashed a couple of weeks ago. The same weekend the refreshment hut was also broken into and the toilet windows at the car park smashed, also a coach in the coach park vandalised. Maybe the CCTV cameras would have been of more use in that area. As for cleaning ...
I agree. Ive never seen the Travel Agencies so empty.
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Another sighting of orange lights on September 21st 2008. Someone in Ottery St Mary saw two lights at first followed by four or five groups. Just an orange glow not flashing. The person reporting this lives on the flight path at Ottery St Mary and said it was not aircraft.
The frail and vulnerable in the Dawlish and Teignmouth area are being targeted by a sweet-talking conman. Detectives say the conman escaped with £90 from an elderly resident in the Exeter Road area yesterday. A 83 year-old woman in Old Town Street, Dawlish had her purse containing £450 stolen. The man tricks his victims by sweet-talking his way into their homes,he says he knows them or their ...
I have just taken my dog for a walk and the strong smell of smoke led me to Weech Road. I was saddened to see Stonelands House well ablaze. When speaking to one of the fireman he told me there were 12 Fire Engines and 2 Hydraulics in attendance.
An interesting letter in tonight's Express & Echo, a sighting of several bright orange lights moving slowly over Exeter on Christmas night at around 6pm.
You may pay more for your chicken if it's had a so called happy life with the freedom to roam around outside, but at the end of it's life it will still be hung up by it's legs, hit over the head and then have it's throat cut!!!!
