J3's Posts

I have had older children go through Gatehouse school, the first starting with Mr Znideric and at that time the school was great, the children were taught well and the teachers were consistent. My younger child has not had the same experience and education at the school and it didn’t surprise me at all when I received the Ofsted report. The SATS results for the year 6 won’t actually be a true ...

I am saying that as the old pitch had received extensive use in the last 20 years it has obviously been well looked after by the majority of the people.  There will always be a minority who have no respect for things but the majority who are just trying to keep fit and healthy with their friends or family in a respectful manor should not be penalized for it.

Has anyone else had problems with First Great Western? In the school holiday I tried to renew 2 season tickets for travel to Torre and every time I went down the office was shut. When I went down on Wednesday 18th April at 4pm it was still shut so drove over to Teignmouth as I needed them for the following morning to find that they were also closed due to staff shortages. I telephoned the 0845 ...

By the end of September hordes of children had been evacuated from London and other industrial cities. The main London railway stations swarmed with hundreds of children, each one wearing over their shoulder the compulsory little box containing a gasmask. My parents were in a quandary. Where could they send me? Then Daddy spoke to someone who was going down to the little Devonshire village of ...

Did anyone witness the four bright orange lights over Dawlish last night. It was approx 6.30 ish, travelling east to west across Dawlish? And it wasn't Santa!!! or was it???

Firefighters are attending a blaze at Stonelands House, Weech Road this evening. 12 Fire Engines and 2 Hydrolics are at the scene. A Majority of the roof has been destroyed and the road has been closed while the fire is put under control.

Lucky that you don't live in Kingsdown Crescent then. We had someone setting off fireworks after 12pm!! My dog was well stressed out!

Don’t be put off by negative posts. Dawlish and Dawlish Warren have some lovely qualities. I live in Dawlish and often walk to Dawlish Warren along the coast path, as I did today. Dawlish Warren has a nature reserve that offer some interesting walks. It is un unspoilt part of the Warren and there is plenty of wildlife and bird watching going on there. They have some organised events for the summer ...

Two cars were involved in an accident at a zebra crossing on the A379 Exeter Road Dawlish today. No pedestrians were involved and the drivers of the vehicles were unharmed. The crossing is on an awkward bend along a stretch of the Exeter road close to the town and has been of some concern to local residents over the years.

A trainee manager employed by Tesco has been exposed as a convicted paedophile. At the time of his offences, Daniel Luckman lived at Newlands in Dawlish, he had served a 15 month jail sentence for child porn offences after being convicted in 2003 and also he had been placed on the sex offenders' register, but Luckman failed to tell his bosses when he was taken on by Tesco Metro stores in Paignton. ...

A Dawlish man who found Hundreds of documents dumped on a roundabout in Exeter, Devon revealed that they contained sensitive personal data. They contained details of mortgage payments, benefit claims and passport photocopies. They were found on Thursday by Karl-Heinz Korzenietzat from Dawlish at a roundabout near Exeter Airport. The MOD have also said that a laptop with details of 600,000 people ...

If you go down to the Manor today, you're in for a nice surprise, There's a new enchanted resident there, with magical sparkling eyes, He's there to keep an eye on all who passes through, So don't forget to behave yourself, as he'll be watching YOU!!

The Fire Brigade and the Police were called to Dawlish Community College this morning after a suspicious package was discovered in the school. The school was cordoned off and evacuated. After speaking to one of the Firemen on the scene he was able to advise that the package was a mortar round, apparently taken into school by someone. They were not able to establish if it was live. Later, a Royal ...