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Where are the Wakefield Majorettes and 37 commas, 6 full stops and 3 apostrophies?

@Mwnl and @Cazb68 don't be put off by the pessimists, especially if you have read some of the other discussions. the town is getting ready for spring and we hope for decent easter weather.  there are some new shops and cafes/restaurants, and others have moved around. the street scene changes daily as the county council scheme for the strand is moving ahead, but will not be finished until may and ...

@MugOnHead Oh drat! Dave Cliffe has discovered the gay strategy to replace all the lights along the Brook with pink bulbs. @roberta Do you know anything about the Independents? No. I have been working very hard for this town for nearly a year against fierce odds and I don't know which political parties my Independent friends support. The only one to show support for a Major political party is ...

@Dawlish Blue seasy innit. anomalous - irregular ; deceassuous = decease+uous = homemade word for dead; so he's having us on, innie ? Just doesn't like scruffy planting, and as soon as I can get the guerilla gardeners together we may gather some winter fuel. They have been busy giving the Manor House grounds a haircut.

@Lynne I understand your frustration that not all the paperwork has reached you, but TDC officers have had to redraft the Dawlish Parish Neighbourhood Plan (DPNP) at very short order following the last Steering Group meeting when (I think it does not break confidence to say it) the SG insisted on certain changes even though the DPNP will now be at odds with some aspects of the Core Strategy ...

Thanks folks fo acting on that prompt. Lynne was not the only one to try a polite (?) letter to TDC and I think that waiting time is over. I will raise this with the relevant committee of the Town Council but not this week because the important people are working very hard to ensure the assets go back to TDC on 1st April so that we can redirect the Parish Precept to more effect. I will also try to ...

I hope they are also going to repair the rotting frontage and windows and make it something the town can enjoy seeing. Considering that a prominent local councillor owns it..........................

@boot strap bill Dawlish Community Trust was asked to press for improvements to Dawlish Station by the Town Council, and we have established that: Network Rail is planning to replace the footbridge over the track towards the end of this new financial year. For some time Teignbridge planners were being demanding over the Listed status of the station building until Network Rail pointed out that the ...

High House used to stand at the top of Strand Hill on the left side where Prospect House flats now stand. If you contact the Museum Society in Barton Terrace before the end of September you may be able to get a copy of an old photograph. There are old photographs of Dawlish in the Dartmoor archive on the web at www.dartmoorarchive.org.uk and if you search under Dawlish (I know we are not on ...

Dis thred betta dan telly.

@goldenlad & karateka Now that I am a Town Councillor I'm a bit more careful of what I say in public in case it gets me in trouble, but I hope I can give you some news to cheer you after your increasingly unhappy comment. Meetings held with Network Rail have programmed the replacement of the station footbridge ( a lift off and replace job) next Spring, after the winter gales, and it's possible ...

The report is detailed and can now be read on the Town Council website, just look down the left hand menu and click there. There's an open meeting of the Town Council on Thursday evening at 7pm at the Manor House, to debate the report and agree action to be taken. Bob

@J.Warrener I agree about persons living within the ward, but the VfD candidate, Howard ALMOND, lives just across the Exeter Road and is probably within 100 metres of the boundary of the Central Ward, so perhaps make an exception this time? Bob

I called in for a cup of tea and piece of cake and sat among a busload of pensioners who were really enjoying the shelter from the breeze, but able to sit out and watch all that was passing trade. I wish that Richard Bland would spend time with you doing that and talking about how that terrace could look if each proprietor took as much trouble to keep their frontage neat and attractive. I'm not ...

@Lynne Yes, John Petherick was elected as an Independent for one of the District Council seats to represent Dawlish Central & North East. For the Town Council all ten Independent Voices for Dawlish (IVFD) candidates were elected (100% result) and the Town Council will now be made up of IVFD 10 seats, Conservatives 6 seats. No Lib Dems or Green Party candidates were successful. Details of results ...

Hello Hells Bells Just taking a quick snack between canvassing and I think you were pointing a finger at me when saying 'at least one of them is a member here'. So, perhaps I should admit that my pseudonym refers to my days of scrubbing the quarterdeck of Britain's last battleship, while doing national service. Perhaps that's what drew me to Dawlish and the sea. I certianly didn't bargain for a ...

That is the question. But. Can anyone explain to me why the Conservatives elect their leader using AV and yet are so furiously canvassing for people to reject it? If they didn't use AV David Cameron wouldn't be their leader. Perplexed

@Andy Mac I'd rather not reveal my identity in case you catch me out on some past posting where I've upset you on another subject. I'm also hoping that you will find in each of us something admirable and worth supporting. We have a really great team and the everyone is on very good terms. We have had a couple of meetings in central Dawlish and one at Cockwood and the next is at Dawlish Warren on ...

Perhaps it would be a goood idea if people learned to drive at the official speed limit. It's not difficult to judge your speed from engine noise even if you don't want to look at the speedo. I have totally lost patience with those who go out of their way to fight the law, whether to find parking places or speed limits when their energies ought to be spent finding ways to improve the quality of ...

Actually, Froneterman, the viaduct will be painted this year in a contract Network Rail will let in early September, and it will include the masonry abutments and piers, so it's not just a paint job but a proper spring clean. In this long thread there's not much mention of the 72% of household shopping which is done at present in supermarkets in Exeter or Newton (incl KingsT). That's what may be ...

If you really are interested in the mess we are in buy a copy of the Dawlish Gazette tomorrow.

If you come back to the thread itself, just remember that the present traffic circualtion brings traffic into the back of town via High Street (exeter direction) and Brunswick Place (Teignmouth dirn) and the only way out is via The Strand. If you look at traffic making its way down the Strand quite 90% of it is just passing through. That is what is killing the appeal of Dawlish as a shopping ...

10-year vision for Dawlish town centre: A lively, stylish and prosperous Dawlish town centre is the commercial, social and cultural hub of the community, and a magnet for tourists and day visitors. The Lawn , the open space in the heart of the town, is famous throughout the region: a beautiful riverside garden; a quiet place for picnics, sitting out and walking, and for Carnival events like ...

Do read the Dawlish Gazette occasionally. It does contain news, and answers.

@FRONTERAMAN Point not proven, I say. Town Council meetings usually attract only six or eight members of the public, whereas the meeting at which sale of the Manor House was on the agenda had to be postponed as the crowd was too great for the Council Chamber. When it was held a week or so later at St Gregory's, 350 filled the church and many had hot words for the councillors. Were you there? You ...

You are both right. The Town Council has renewed the previous planning approval to redevelop as flats, BUT we understand they'd be unlikely to sell for as much as they bought it for one year ago! If you look at the site and surroundings you can see how tricky it will be to work on that contained site, and there is no access for parking to be provided. Because it is contentious the Town Clerk has ...

Do you know how to join it? What is its constitution ? What will it do for Dawlish? Who else will join and how much time must they devote to it? Who is going to pay the membership fee?

It may come and we could all be richer, for the council tax rate in non-Quality Council Teignmouth is half that of Dawlish.

Did you find anything relating to Dawlish events in the review of 2010 in the Dawlish Post? Was there a mention of the uproar and referendum over the proposed closing down of the Manor House, the visit of Princess Sophie to open the amazing youth facility of the Red Rock centre, Sandy Lane, or the rescue of two girls from the sea wall by young men of Dawlish? I couldn't find them, but I did find ...

But it's not going to vanish. It's going to get BIGGER and that terrrible orange fascia isn't going. Do look at the plans and see that they want to build a permanent enclosure right out to the edge of pavement.

Please keep UKIP off these boards.

1 The new centre is being equipped and got ready for September use. 2 The centre will be 'opened' officially on September 10th 3 The building will be open to the Public on September 11th, Saturday, when you can satisfy your curiosity, use your imagination and suggest how you'd like to see it contribute to life in Dawlish. I think eyes will boggle and faces outside the town will turn green with ...

The Committee had been heavily lobbied by people in Dawlish and they voted against the Officers' recommendation which, to be consistent, was the same as last time - to refuse Sainsbury's. But once again common sense prevailed over the two sites. The Lady's Mile site is a very attractive camping ground and too valuable for tourism to ruin with car parks and smelly manoeuvring vehicles. The ...

otherwise your's was a pointless mail.

Thank goodness. We can enjoy the early summer out of doors instead of being cooped up listening to a planning enquiry.

No. You have it wrong on the High Street. It was a pitted and badly repaired channel that traffic drove down far too fast for the people trying to walk along pavements barely as wide as your shoulders. Now the services have been renewed to keep things going for another 50 years, the kerbs have been moved to allow reasonable pavement widths, and crossing points for the increasing number of those ...

There's a real danger for all of the low price merchants because they are going to be the hardest hit by a supermarket. Does anyone remember John Lord presenting the 'yellow book' proposals at the Shaftesbury Theatre, when he told us that Dawlish needs to broaden its appeal and for shops to become more specialised or move up-market to avoid direct competition with Tesco or Sainsbury? It's a really ...

And now you won't have to, unless they are successful with their appeal to be heard in May by a Planning Inspector. Here's where we all have a part to play, to object to the grounds for their appeal and to reinforce the argument that only one store is justified for Dawlish at this size (by the way, the figures quoted for floor space in other mailings are on two different bases, one for nett sales ...

Can you be clearer about your information? Who has informed you? Which Council? Who classified it as redundant land? When did Tesco make their offer, and to whom? Did you attend the meeting some three years ago in the Community College hall when Alan Connett said that Sandy Lane was not up for sale? He hasn't yet changed his tune and he is Leader of TDC.

Whether there was or not, The Town Council has completed and now owns 34 Park Road. Watch out for your council tax demand.