Herald Express (Torquay UK) back issues from July 2008:
Winter landscape in summer show
Jul 01, 2008 ... Bearne's have their special summer fine arts sale today andtomorrow, with pictures, collectors' items, clocks and furniture onoffer tomorrow. Widecombe in the snow is the subject of an oil painting by ColinBurns which should sell for pounds1,200 to pounds1,800. The artistwas born ...
Diamond hoard dazzles
Jul 01, 2008 ... Diamond jewellery brought a sparkle to West of England Auctionsat Torquay. An Art Deco-style diamond ring fetched pounds6,000, and a pair ofdiamond drop earrings also went for pounds6,000. A diamond solitairering made pounds2,200 and a pair of diamond stud earrings ...
Old photos snapped up
Jul 01, 2008 ... During the First World War all widows or mothers of soldierskilled in action were sent a bronze plaque inscribed with the nameof the fallen. These are prized by collectors, especially if they come withmedals, photographs and other memorabilia. The history of therecipient can be ...
Fundraisers face the drop
Jul 01, 2008 ... Staff, friends and family of a South Devon funeral service faceda big challenge to raise money for charity. Hugh Mills and Gaye workers and other brave souls took a deepbreath before taking the plunge down a 100ft rock face. They too part in a sponsored abseil at Chudleigh Rock ...
Charity plea for poppy volunteers
Jul 01, 2008 ... A poppy Appeal organiser and a treasurer is being sought by thePaignton branch of the Royal British Legion. Last year, the small but dedicated branch raised more thanpounds22,000 during the Poppy Appeal. Now they need a new organiser plus a treasurer for a small, easyaccount, ...
Rowers raise pounds700 without getting wet
Jul 01, 2008 ... Torbay Hospital staff are set to raise more than pounds700 in asponsored row to France and back - without even leaving the ward. Staff from the anaesthetics department planned to row 66,000miles and ended up adding on another 33,000 - theoretically ...
Weather fails to dampen transition fun day
Jul 01, 2008 ... A fun day for all the family was not going to be dampened by abit of wet weather. Transition Torbay's Trash or Treasure Day at Goodrington was agreat success despite the weather. Organiser Julian Carnell, of Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust,said: "We had lots of people, ...
Children start young on the reading trail
Jul 01, 2008; ... Budding bookworms and book borrowers have been given awards fortheir efforts at Torbay libraries. The youngsters, all under five years old, had to complete atleast 50 visits to libraries in order to receive their gold BookCrawl certificate and mini Bookstart bear. A Torbay ...
Charity to benefit from canoeists
Jul 01, 2008 ... Paddle power has earned hundreds of pounds for the homelesscharity Project 58. Hostel staff members and street wardens were among the 12 whoteamed up to canoe and kayak down the River Dart. The sun shone as the group headed off from Steamer Quay inTotnes, paddling 10 miles to ...
Singing starlet
Jul 01, 2008 ... I do realise that your pictures of St Paul's Church in Plainmoor,Torquay was a few weeks ago, but I have read it with so many happymemories. The gentleman that took the 'Sunday School' was Mr Hanson - sucha lovely man. He first said I ...
Charity bash to fight cancer
Jul 01, 2008; ... Torquay police officer Natasha Jackson is busy organising afundraising ball. But the charities set to benefit from the event are causes veryclose to the 33-year-old PC's heart. Four years ago, aged 29, Natasha was diagnosed with HodgkinsLymphoma following the birth of her ...
Home with fine taste
Jul 01, 2008 ... Chesunt at Clennon Park, Paignton, is a three-bedroom reverse-level house situated towards the end of a cul de sac of executive-style properties in a quiet backwater. It enjoys open and extensive views from the principal windowsacross Young's Park, Goodrington Beach and Berry ...
Top line bid for apprenticeships
Jul 01, 2008; ... Closer links between employers and those who train theiremployees are to be forged in Torbay. And it is hoped the project will boost training for employees,for example with the creation of more apprenticeships. An employment and skills board is to be established in the ...
Stories behind the stumps
Jul 01, 2008 ... Regarding the Bygones feature "Sunny Faces of 60's generation"featuring Torquay Cricket Club 1st XI in 1968. I can identify the following (back row from left) 1) Mr Pegg (umpire} 2) Peter Anderson (all rounder who played for Devon) who went toHong Kong with the Police ...
Popping corks at theatre
Jul 01, 2008 ... During the 1970s Brixham Theatre was associated with a famousstar of screen and stage - John Slater - best known as Det Sgt Stonein the long-running 1960s TV show Z-Cars. John moved to Brixham in 1964 with his wife Betty and when hislocal theatre was struggling to survive he joined ...
Youngsters take their sport t
Jul 01, 2008; ... South Devon is fast becoming the centre of national excellencefor the sport of octopush - or underwater hockey. Swimmers from the Dawlish and Kingsbridge clubs regularly team upunder the name of TSW to play in octopush competitions. Their juniors travelled to Loughborough ...
Bay language school's first Russian visitors
Jul 01, 2008 ... Atlas Language Centre, a tenant at the Torbay Innovation Centre, has just welcomed the first of two groups of 30 Russian students,who have been learning about the British way of life andexperiencing the wonders of beautiful Torbay. The founder of Atlas and organiser of the trip, ...
'Fresh and functional' website scoops award
Jul 01, 2008 ... The English Riviera's official website has scooped a top award. The English Riviera Tourist Board's website has been judged thebest of among 60 resorts and destinations across the country. The www.englishriviera.co.uk website, completely redesigned andre-launched at the end of ...
Ways with the birds - Paignton's gullic festival
Jul 01, 2008 ... Last Saturday the Ways with Birds Festival was a great success.Torbay Road was closed to traffic. Spectators were confined to the pavements; and seabirds, withother avians, performed on the road. TV camera crews were busy. My walk began at Roly's Fudge 'n' Ice Cream Shop where ...
Hammer blow to Bay's heritage
Jul 01, 2008 ... September 27, 1971 is a bleak date for those who treasureTorbay's Victorian heritage. For it was then that demolition work started on a seafrontlandmark that had turned heads since 1857. The Marine Spa, built on the rocky headland known as the Beacon,was one of Torquay first ...
Flaky history of Devon saint
Jul 01, 2008 ... Last February I discovered that the calendar 'experts' had got itwrong. Saint Janner's Day isn't March 24, it's today, July 1. The saint presented the world's first pasty to his fellow nativeDevonians, way back in Celtic times. My grandfather told me thestory. An Oggie Evangelist, ...
We need better bus services insist students
Jul 01, 2008; ... Student power has forced a bus company to make a U-turn followingcomplaints that its new timetable was inadequate. Pupils at South Devon College in Paignton complained aboutchanges in Stagecoach bus routes serving Newton Abbot because thereis currently only one bus returning ...
Restaurant in cook-off for curry accolade
Jul 01, 2008 ... A south HAMS curry house has been shortlisted for a prestigiousnational prize in a diversity event being staged at the House ofCommons. Thanks to a nomination by local MP Anthony Steen, The SpiceBazaar from Dartmouth will compete in the annual Tilda Tiffin Cupcompetition on July ...
Salute to a grand old lady of the sea
Jul 01, 2008 ... An old lady of the sea has been celebrating her 100th birthday inDartmouth - with a bit of an on-board bash. The Golden Vanity was built a century ago for artist ArthurBriscoe. At one time it looked like she was heading for the breakers yarduntil she was rescued by ...
Sam's school dinners put her top of class
Jul 01, 2008; ... A torbay primary school has revolutionised the way it serves upschool meals for its pupils - and they are lapping it up. Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary School has pioneered anew hot meal system. The bold move has seen the school opt out of the usual way ...
Pavilion fund helped by youngsters
Jul 01, 2008 ... Staverton's nursery school youngsters have been taking a walk onthe child side to help a village pavilion fund. The pupils from the nursery section of St Christopher's Schooltook part in a sponsored walk and sold fruit smoothies to theirfellow pupils to raise the money. And ...
Cottage industry
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Totnes-based South Hams volunteer centre is celebrating abirthday award. The centre The Cottage in Follaton House, Totnes, is only twoyears old, but has won a coveted accreditation from VolunteeringEngland. Coordinator Howard Owens said: "This 'kitemark' is awarded ...
Televangelist
Jul 01, 2008 ... An award-winning scriptwriter, whose work includes Not the NineO' Clock News, The Bill, Kavanagh QC, Tough Love and Supervolcano,will be in Totnes on Saturday to give a free talk on Buddhism andthe environment. Edward Canfor-Dumas is best known for his television work, but heis ...
Egg float will take some beating
Jul 01, 2008 ... Eggciting, eggcemplary, eggcilerating or simply eggcellent. That's the latest Totnes gem of a carnival float spectacular. Based on the theme of the genius Russian family of jewellerymakers it comes complete with its own version of a Faberge egg. Although it is called From ...
News in brief
Jul 01, 2008 ... Totnes kiddies will be talking to the animals tomorrow on a dayout to the town's rare breeds farm. The Totnes Children's Centre has agreed a special entry rate withthe centre owners for families - at pounds2.50 per child andaccompanying adults free. Deborah Oakey, the ...
Dancers at Dartington
Jul 01, 2008 ... A four-day exploration of the legacy of Rudolf Laban, one of thefounders of European modern dance, begins at Dartington on Sunday. People are invited to take part in the event which forms part ofa national celebration marking the anniversary of the dance genius'death. It is ...
VIP treat in store
Jul 01, 2008 ... Fans of womenswear brand Per Una are in for a treat. Manager of the department at Marks & Spencer at The Willows inTorquay, Allie Thorne, has launched a VIP evening for her customers. Thursday night's event will include mini makeovers, fashionadvice and styling tips, a glass of ...
Pupils on the fiddle
Jul 01, 2008 ... Top folkman Joe Broughton has been giving Totnes youngsterssomething to sing about. Joe is a virtuoso fiddle player as well as the director of theBirmingham Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, and led a team of musiciansfor a day of folk music at King Edward VI Community ...
Round the houses
Jul 01, 2008 ... Totnes is being treated to a real energy saving walk. The aim is to give people a run down on retrofitting - the job ofmaking old homes as energy efficient as possible. To do that the walkers will be given a tour of three differenthouses, one from the 1930s, another from the ...
MP's plea for more daylight
Jul 01, 2008; ... Ministers have been urged by Torbay MP Adrian Sanders: "Let therebe more light." Mr Sanders wants the clocks to be moved forward - and take a leafout of Jersey's book where a referendum is being held on the issue. Mr Sanders said that extending the hours of daylight would ...
Trains, boats, planes
Jul 01, 2008 ... Transport has changed hugely over the years and if the oil crisiscontinues who knows how we may be getting around in future? Today's selection shows maritime transport from the days whensailing ships once plied their trade along our coasts. The sight ofan oil tanker in Brixham ...
Doris marks her 100th with party
Jul 01, 2008; ... Family and friends raised their cuppas to celebrate Doris Moore's100th birthday. A special tea party was organised at Doris's Kenneth Court homein Torquay for the landmark occasion. Born in Birmingham in 1908, Doris was one of six children. After marrying she moved to ...
pounds25 of meat taken in theft from shop
Jul 01, 2008 ... The theft of meat features in Counter Attack today. Our series, run in conjunction with South Devon police, has beenrunning for more than six years. It aims to solve crime by identifying individuals featured onfootage from CCTV cameras. If you can put a name to the face ...
Ark to be centrepiece of happy celebrations
Jul 01, 2008; ... An ark that Noah himself would have been proud of will takecentre stage tomorrow as St Matthias Church celebrates its 150thanniversary. The Rev Janyce Pringle, a member of the clergy team at theTorquay church, and her friends have built the boat for aperformance of the popular ...
Missing woman found safe in field
Jul 01, 2008; ... A walker found a missing person in a field in Stokeinteignheadafter police and rescue teams searched the Newton Abbot area formore than eight hours. A major land and air search was called off after the missingwoman was found safe and well in a field. The woman, aged 53, ...
New addition wins first round in battle of wills
Jul 01, 2008 ... It took a scant two hours for the latest addition to theHenderson household to set his stall out, and if that's not earlydoors, I don't know what is. Reggie is nine weeks old. He's a Jack Russell and he is, as I nowknow, a hooligan. There were initially high hopes that he ...
Pupils get extra day off as leak shuts school
Jul 01, 2008; ... Children at a Brixham primary school enjoyed a long weekend whena water leak led to the closure of the school yesterday. Pupils of St Margaret Clitheroe School were given the day offafter the leak was discovered by headteacher Kate McMillan at 8am. The underground leak, thought ...
Dart Totnes all before
Jul 01, 2008; ... The massive entry of 206 for Totnes and Bridgetown Royal Regattanecessitated 122 races and the scheduling of a race every fourminutes over the 1000 metre course. It was a mammoth task for the officials and particularly for thestart umpires. But superb organisation and exceptional ...
The ideal family residence
Jul 01, 2008 ... This spacious two-bedroom end terrace at The Willows in Torquay would be ideal for a small family. Situated in Kintyre Close, a cul de sac, this modern home isconvenient for both The Willows shopping centre as well as Torquayand, further afield, Newton Abbot and Exeter. The ...
Magic slapton
Jul 01, 2008 ... In the latter weeks of 1943, one of the most bizarre andultimately tragic war-inspired events England has ever experiencedbegan in the South Hams. With little warning, 3,000 residents in the quiet village ofSlapton were ordered to leave their homes. They had two weeks ...
Despite your opposition, Mr Robinson, we move on
Jul 01, 2008 ... The letter from Robbie Robinson which was published in the HeraldExpress on June 28 clearly signals that despite the results of therecent parish poll, Mr Robinson intends to continue his campaign tooppose the work of Brixham 21. He is perfectly entitled to behave in this manner, ...
Ladies take up knitting in campaign for better healthcare
Jul 01, 2008 ... Some of the residents of St Omer's nursing home in Greenway Roadhave been busy knitting squares for baby blankets for Oxfam. It ishumbling to find these ladies who have enough health problems oftheir own being concerned about others around the world. Oxfam is trying to highlight ...
Building towards centre's expansion
Jul 01, 2008 ... A little while ago an appeal was started by the Acorn Centre. The appeal is going quite well - it is Buy A Brick Appeal. Youbuy a brick for pounds5 to help build the youth and community sideof the Acorn. I spoke to Marilyn Martin and she told me that the Acorn has beenopen ...
Mourning the loss of democracy
Jul 01, 2008 ... It is with great sadness and a little shame that I have witnessedin the media the total disdain for the democratic voting rights ofits peoples. Where whatever the people's vote no recognition is taken of theirdecisions or any intent to do so. A regime which is ...
Bess is the boss as Torquay crash out
Jul 01, 2008; ... Torquay's interest in the Devon Senior Cup ended on Sunday whenthey crashed to a 114-run defeat against Sidmouth. Josh Bess top scored with 74, which came off 88 balls andincluded five fours and two sixes, in a tally of 246 for five. Bess and Neil Hancock (34) flogged the ...
Over-50s face two-game test
Jul 01, 2008; ... Those creaking joints will be tested to the full over the nextfew days as Devon Over-50s have a double dose of action. Wiltshire are the visitors to Budleigh Salterton on Thursday .OnSunday it is Cornwall at Cornwood for the veterans. The same side - injuries permitting - has ...
Pugh holds it together as Abbots march on
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abbotskerswell march on at the top of the B Division following athree-wicket win over Plymstock. Dave Orchard (49) made the early runs for Plymstock and BlairParlane (24) made a few too. After a middle-order slump initiated by Matt Black (6-46), MikeRecord (18) and Paul ...
Quiet country life
Jul 01, 2008 ... This cosy, detached, south-facing property with its own separateentrance and parking, is set in grounds of around one third of anacre. Adjacent to farmland, Orchard Cottage at Brim Hill, Maidencombe,provides accommodation in a peaceful setting, with spectacular viewsacross ...
Kingsbridge keep it tight at the top
Jul 01, 2008; ... Kingsbridge narrowed the gap between them in second and leadersClyst Hydon to two points with a resounding seven-wicket win atTiverton & Bickleigh. Tivvy skipper Chris Read got some inkling of what sort of day itwas going to be when he was run out early by a sharp piece ...
Bad news for hunt but locke looks good
Jul 01, 2008 ... Jeremy Hunt has missed out on a first-ever ride in the Tour deFrance. But a professional career is still beckoning for South Devon'sother top cycle racer Jonathan Locke. That's the news emerging from the GB National Road RaceChampionships in North Yorkshire, where Mid-Devon ...
Lustleigh fall short in last over drama
Jul 01, 2008; ... Yelverton's game with Lustleigh reached the last over with any ofthree results being possible. The game ended in a draw with Lustleigh nine wickets down andjust four runs short of victory. Fort, after being put in, raced to 33 in the first six oversbefore Paul Foot (3-59) ...
Drama in the streets of Bristol
Jul 01, 2008 ... I went to Bristol on Saturday for a triple whammy of moving olderdaughter into new flat, touring Ikea looking for things to put init, then watching her perform in a street theatre productionhighlighting aspects of the city's history. Trade It? is a series of 10 short plays ...
Last gasp win puts d&t on top
Jul 01, 2008; ... Dartington & Totnes won by four wickets against Lewdown to elbowthe leaders off top spot and grab it for themselves. The former leaders set a hefty total of 268-for seven that D&Tknocked off in the last of their 46 overs. Mevan Porage took charge in the Lewdown innings ...
New record as ashes go top
Jul 01, 2008; ... Ashburton are back on top of the F Division after thrashingCulmstock by 141 runs to move three points clear of Roborough, whowere the leaders on Saturday morning. Ashes openers Kevin Nicholls (35) and Chris Pascoe (43) rode theearly bounce putting on 72 for the first ...
Fulner steals the show
Jul 01, 2008; ... Shaldon's up-and-down form continued when they lost by fourwickets to leaders Upottery, six players failing to trouble thescorer. Not for the first time this term James Fulner's batting tookcentre stage for Shaldon. He cracked a 31-ball total of 79 ...
Compton jnr put to test
Jul 01, 2008; ... With a LEFT-WING slot one of the few remaining gaps in managerPaul Buckle's squad, former Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albionstarlet Jack Compton will be one of the hopeful trialists whenTorquay United's senior squad returns for pre-season trainingtomorrow. Torquay-born Compton, ...
Rare chance to hear unique performance
Jul 01, 2008 ... This Thursday there is a unique opportunity to hear BenjaminBritten's War Requiem in South Devon. This year the performance will be in the church of St Mary theVirgin, St Marychurch, which is especially poignant; not only arethe acoustics of the church magnificent, but the church ...
Liam takes a step to soccer stardom
Jul 01, 2008 ... Sixteen-year-old old Liam Head from Bovey Tracey took the firststep on the ladder to potential football stardom yesterday when hewas among a crop of new apprentices reporting for their first day atCoca Cola Championship club Plymouth Argyle. The 16-year-old former South Dartmoor ...
Enterprising visitor drops anchor
Jul 01, 2008; ... Hms Enterprise, one of the Royal Navy's hydrographic surveyships, will be dropping anchor in the River Dart tomorrow. The six-day visit is designed to reinforce the 3,500 tonne ship'saffiliation with Devon in general and Tiverton and the Royal WessexYeomanry in ...
Interim ASBO to stop man abusing his neighbours
Jul 01, 2008; ... Magistrates have granted an interim anti-social behaviour orderagainst a Newton Abbot man following complaints about loud music andabusive behaviour towards neighbours. Jason O'Neil, 37, (pictured) of Bradley Lane, was made thesubject of an interim Asbo after repeated incidents of ...