Around Kingswear Around Kingswear
DARTMOUTH REGATTA BALL Mike Felton has asked me to let you know that tickets
for the regatta ball in Dartmouth on tuesday 28th August this year will be available from him on 07885 332014. if you want to buy or just reserve tickets do call him in plenty of time if you want to join or make- up a table. this year’s line-up looks like this: Joey the lips, Dave Hankin big band,the Diamonds and the Palm-Fringe Discotheque with Colin leslie. the good news is that there will be a late ferry laid on at 1:00am for party-goers at a cost of £6 per person.
LIME KILN The good news is that our 1840s lime kiln in
waterhead Creek has been restored. So far all we have done is to arrest its decline by pointing the needful areas with lime mortar. Under the mortar, cleverly invisible, are stainless steel ‘staples’ holding together the cracks which were starting to destroy the structure. At the time of writing this, the steps, which are to run up the right hand side of the kiln to enable access to it, are not yet in place but are being made and will shortly be fixed we hope. the plan is to place a bench, either in front of or
by Mike Trevorrow
GENTLEMEN’S EVENING Saturday 14th April saw 46 Kingswear gentlemen
(and i do use the term extremely loosely) assembled at the royal Dart Yacht Club for the annual Kingswear gentlemen’s evening. they were fed on a beef carvery, although the club was operating under difficulties that night and entertained by the redoubtable Arthur Curnow, the retired cox of the brixham lifeboat, he of the wonderful response to “How do you know what force the wind is when you’re out in rough weather,
you know a 9, 10 or whatever ?” Arthur’s reply, “i don’t know about any of that but i’m 51 foot long and i’m goin’ uphill!” i love it. Mark ‘Chich’ Chichester upheld the dignity and honour of the family by telling suitably daft jokes fulfilling the promise of a wonderfully squandered talent and gloriously miss- spent life, bless him. we need more people like him etc., etc.. les the Fez amazed all with his particularly deft branch of magic. He’s always popular and much admired by the rest of us who seem like clog-hands by comparison. Hopefully headaches and unsettled stomachs will be well-settled in time for next year’s do. Many thanks to the organisers, both Arthur and les, who gave their services voluntarily and Chich would like you to know that the evening raised £250 which will be shared amongst rnli, national Coastwatch initiative and Devon Air Ambulance.
on top of the kiln, to enable folk to sit and enjoy the tranquil joys of the creek, or just to rest their weary bones after having walked there. the access to the kiln will be much better than it is now, when our Highways people have finished working on the paths. it is hoped to fit in an explanation board eventually to let people know what lime kilns were for, and how important they were for the Devon economy. Do have a wander round the creek and look at it, it’s all ours!
OPEN GARDENS
the Open gardens event in Kingswear this year was a great success all round. Firstly the sun shone on the righteous gloriously all day, then nature provided the magnolias at their fabulous best, and of course the much- admired camellias were out in their fullest and brightest colours.
All this splendour tempted no less than 90 people to part with their money and enjoy the super cream teas on offer, thus raising very nearly £400 for Save
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