Gladys Frost

I was walking my dog - Pickles this morning, and I saw the slogan, "Andy Loram is a bender" scribbled upon a fisherman's hut. All people in Dawlish must exercise tolerance irrespective of the preferences of others. Grafitti is also unacceptable - this is not Los Angeles. You don't have to be down with your "homies" in the Hood. This is Dawlish. Our house was bombed by Zeppelins during the war ...

I would like to get up a petition for the reinstatement of the old school uniform at the new school. Smart Blazers, ties - and skirts (for the girls). Have you seen the state of the teenagers wandering the Strand? If they were bedecked in Seattle 'Grunge' it would be better. Shapeless behemoths with neo-beehive hairdos,clad in crimplene stay-pressed action slacks and polyester sweat shirts. Some ...