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Around Kingswear
St Thomas’ concert On saturday April 16th
a concert
was held in Kingswear church in support of Froward Point National Coastwatch. Dr Rosemary Ellerby has sent the following: ‘MD Ron Burrington, included a very humorous medley of tunes related to the EU Referendum starting with the ‘Hokey Cokey’ [in, out, in, out] and ending with Rule Britannia! This was followed by ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ from Les Miserables and a medley of Welsh songs to remember the concert they performed 4 years ago here at St. Thomas’s with the ‘Welsh Boys’. As always their warm harmonic singing of many varied songs, mainly standards and pop, was superb and the banter between the MD Ron and the compere Cap’n Bob Curtis raised many laughs. At the end their Chairman, Alasdair Anderson, gave a very moving tribute to the local Coastwatch especially as so many choristers have maritime links in Brixham.
It raised a great total of £484.41 which included an extremely generous bucket collection of £85.41. A happy, amusing and charming evening.’
Engine Theft and Damage It comes as a nasty shock to people around Kingswear and area when crime rears its ugly head but I am afraid thieves have operated in Waterhead Creek towards the end of April. We have had reports of one boat engine being stolen and another being expensively damaged by its attempted theft. The stolen engine was a 20hp Tohatsu, electric start, remote control and was only
two years old, the other engine had its control and fuel lines cut in preparation for its removal but the wise Brixham owner had sheared-off the securing bolts so that the engine could not be removed without some real difficulty. That is probably why his engine is still on his boat. Take careful note, boat owners and think security. If anyone ever sees suspicious goings-on in the creek or on the park please get in touch with the police and ourselves on the council as soon as possible and we will cut off more than their so-and- so control lines. Take car numbers, photographs on your phone, do everything to identify the thieves. I mean I’m not suggesting letting down tyres or anything like that, that would be irresponsible of me...! Potentially, up to 100 or more people could have witnessed this theft so if you can think of any information that may help please get in touch with the police and/or me. (752928).
Big Council Changes At the AGM of Kingswear Parish
Council former chairman, Cllr Jonathan Hawkins (right), resigned as chairman. Many thanks were offered to Jonathan for the long years he has given to the council as chairman and indeed as councillor; he will remain as a councillor for the present. Two candidates, edward Jones and Jan Henshall were put forward for the post of chairperson; Jan Henshall won the vote 5/4 and is duly elected as chair. Lynne Maurer was voted in as vice chair, happily relieving me of the job. Hector Newcombe is to stay on as chair of planning. Jonathan also announced the resignation of the parish clerk, Rob
By Mike Trevorrow
Barber, who had been with us since last September; thanks were offered to him for all his hard work. This leaves a vacancy for the part-time post of parish clerk which will be advertised shortly. If any By the Dart readers have clerking skills, can handle money affairs and demonstrate good inter-personal relationships do please apply when the advertisement appears. Another intention of resignation from the council came from Cllr Ruth Searle who has been a valuable member for the past year or so. Ruth, like Jonathan, knows how the councils tick and this knowledge is very handy when procedure is to be followed or the correct person needs to be contacted. Thanks to Ruth for her work on our behalf.
WI News (and maybe Others) The Kingswear WI will be having an Open Meeting at the Sarah Roope Trust Rooms on Wednesday 21st september at 2.15pm where we will hear from Robbie Robinson who will tell us about “The Truth About Operation Tiger” (what actually happened at Slapton Sands during
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