AROUND KINGSWEAR
In the process of this activity grievances have been created, one of which is to be formally pursued in the correct manner and much distress and frustration has been felt on both sides. However a fervent wish to close the matter has been expressed by both parties and it is now hoped that the wounds may be allowed to heal. It is also to be hoped that a lot has been learned in the process so that we may become more tolerant of others’ viewpoints, more able to consider issues objectively before offering criticism, even when we have strong feelings on an issue personally. I speak for both sides here. So why have I unearthed all this in this forum? Shouldn’t bygones be bygones? Yes they should but I have given this very brief summary for two important reasons: one, because a number of people have asked me about bits and pieces of the story, having only picked-up the odd shard here and there, and they should be aware of the whole; and two, because this is an important, if regrettable, event in a village’s happening and history.
We need to learn from our history, although we are spectacularly bad at doing that, as world events attest, and I would like the Kingswear folk of the distant future to know that such disturbance happened here and to know that, hopefully, we came out of the thing stronger and better. I do hope that events prove me right in that.
REMEMBRANCE DAY There was the usual remembrance service at St Thomas of Canterbury parish church followed by a procession of representatives down to the slipway. Dartmouth and Britannia Royal Naval College were represented and wreaths were laid to remember the fallen. After the formal service Jonathan Hawkins accompanied members of the Little family to the War Memorial monument at Noss, at the former shipyard, where 20 yard workers were tragically killed on September 18th
1941. Bert Little, brother to Jack and Reg, was amongst the dead on that fateful day. The Littles laid a wreath in memory of those who died.
THE ROYAL DART - DEVELOPMENT BEGINS
With work now underway and much of the car park on the Quay now taken over by builders’ paraphanalia, we asked Darthaven Marina Ltd to comment.
’The project will provide 5 stylish apartments and below these, some office space, in this prominent Grade 2 listed building. The scaffolding is going to cover the building so the roof can be renewed and the exterior walls re-plastered. ‘The project will take about 14 months - finishing in January 2017.
‘The interior of this historic building has been stripped back to its original bare walls. The whole building is being carefully restored to give it a new lease of life, hopefully, for hundreds more years to come.
‘There will be limited car parking during the development. Every effort will be made to keep the disruption to a minimum as the project progresses.
For details of the apartments contact Savills or visit http://www.
savills.co.uk/property-search/ ‘
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