Recently added articles from Herald Express (Torquay UK):
Sound of the 60s to help charity
Sep 02, 2008 ... Sixties music specialists, the South West Shadows, top theentertainment bill at a special 30th anniversary concert, raisingfunds for Brixham Does Care. Martyn Paddon, BDC chairman, said the upcoming pearl anniversarywas a special milestone. He said: "We are keen to make this ...
Named after aunt
Sep 02, 2008 ... Regarding the photograph of the first day of NHS featured inHerald Express on August 5. My great aunt Miss Vera Vowden is sat to the right of Matron asyou look at picture. She was a Ward Sister, then Sister Tutor and finally ...
Picture of over-crowding
Sep 02, 2008 ... I read your articles "Pioneers of the NHS" with interest but Ifeel I must correct two of the descriptions given to your pictures. The photograph of Miss Swift (Matron) and the Nursing staff wastaken on the lawn of Hengrave House. This house was the originalhouse on the hospital ...
Bay's bid for film stardom
Sep 02, 2008 ... Film makers have long been drawn to South Devon by its clean airand interesting locations and at least two attempts have been madeto establish studios here and create the Hollywood of theWestcountry. In 1919 the Cairns Torquay Film Company was established atWatcombe Hall and ...
Having a ball
Sep 02, 2008 ... The annual ball was something which people from all walks of lifelooked forward to. It was a chance to dress up and enjoy dancing to a live band. Today we feature two such events many years apart. Pictured left is the Arts Ball from the early 1970s which used tobe held ...
Crash bang wallop
Sep 02, 2008 ... The open road was a dangerous place in South Devon in the 1960s. Cars were not designed to modern safety standards, few peoplewore seat belts and the science of road design, crash barriers andspeed humps had not progress much from the days when horses andcarts still roamed the ...
Beware lettings pitfalls
Sep 02, 2008 ... Novice landlords are flooding the buy to let market withproperties they are unable to sell, according to reports releasedthis week. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the slump inhouse sales is forcing many more people to become either landlordsor tenants. In ...
Town centre terraced home
Sep 02, 2008 ... Recently refurbished, this two-bedroom black and white mid-terrace house in Trinity Hill is within walking distance of Torquay harbourside. The property benefits from having its own parking space and anenclosed patio garden. The accommodation comprises a dining room, ...
Attractive family property
Sep 02, 2008 ... An attractive detached four-bedroom house situated in the highlysought-after residential area of Broadsands Park, this property isideal for a family looking to rent. In a catchment area for a good local primary school, theaccommodation on Broadsands Bend is currently available on a ...
Quaint garden with a good degree of privacy
Sep 02, 2008 ... This mid-terrace three-bedroom house is available to rentunfurnished from this month. The house in Roselands Drive, Roselands, Paignton, has a porchand entrance hall plus a downstairs cloakroom. The lounge/diningroom is a large double aspect room with double glazed patio doors ...
Port gets garden waste centre
Sep 02, 2008 ... A new, localised collection centre for garden waste is being setup in Brixham. From Sunday and then on the first Sunday of every month, therewill be a waste facility in place from 9am to 1pm at BrixhamCollege. But there are restrictions to Torbay Council's new green ...
Alan is the new man behind the bar at pub
Sep 02, 2008; HANNAH TAYLOR ... A popular Paignton pub has a new landlord behind the bar. The Lime Tree in Dartmouth Road, known for its live music andentertainment, has changed hands for almost pounds90,000. The business has been bought by businessman Alan Grant. Outgoing landlords Terry and Christine ...
pounds500,000 price tag on up-market restaurant
Sep 02, 2008; LAURA DALE ... A former up-market Newton Abbot restaurant has attractedsignificant local interest after being put on the market for morethan pounds500,000. Carlino's Cafe Bar Restaurant on the corner of The Avenue andQueen Street has been empty since the beginning of July. The eatery ceased ...
St Francis discovers heaven in Devon
Sep 02, 2008 ... The shadow of autumn was creeping across the countryside frommoor to shore. But the saint failed to regard it as the anthem ofdecay. Reborn he had been sent from heaven to Devon. "It's not much different to what you've got used to up here," Godtold him before his flight through ...
Care home woman who attacked staff is jailed
Sep 02, 2008; STAFF REPORTER ... A 25-year-old woman who assaulted two members of staff at herPaignton care home has been sentenced to 30 days in prison Karen Morgan, 25, of no fixed address, appeared on remand fromEastwood Park Prison via video link at Torquay Magistrates Court. Passing sentence chairman of ...
Boat store gains approval despite villagers' fears
Sep 02, 2008; ALLAN TUDOR ... A boat store on the site of a former sewage treatment works inTorbay has been approved. Torbay Council's development control committee gave permissionfor the storage of 20 boats and parking for 23 cars at Kiln Road,Galmpton. The site of the redundant South West Water sewage ...
Falklands hero Simon signs in with new book
Sep 02, 2008; STEVE PEACOCK ... Falklands hero and author Simon Weston visited a South Devonadventure park to help launch his latest book. The writer and former soldier, who suffered terrible injuriesduring the Falklands conflict, was at Woodlands Leisure Park nearDartmouth signing copies of his first book for ...
Divers carry out breakwater inspection
Sep 02, 2008 ... Professional divers are making a two-week underwater inspectionof Brixham's Victorian breakwater, King's Quay and the trawlerbasin. The work started last week. A formal Notice to Mariners has been issued by Torbay HarbourAuthority, advising all vessels to keep a wide berth ...
Mother's attack left victim with cracked tooth
Sep 02, 2008; STAFF REPORTER ... A single mother, who launched such a forcible blow it left hervictim with a swollen lip, a cracked tooth and scratches on her armsand wrists, has been sentenced to 120 hours of community service. Nicola Rabbage, 22, from Hatcher Street, Dawlish, was sentencedat Torquay Magistrates ...
Give us a haven not housing say residents
Sep 02, 2008; ALLAN TUDOR ... A derelict site in the centre of Torquay could be turned into agreen dream says a residents' association. Residents of the Hill, all from the Melville Street area, want avacant site behind Fleet Walk and between Rock Road and their roadturned into a green haven. Association ...