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Around Kingswear Froward-looking
End of an Era
On Friday 6th October Sainsbury’s Paignton granted NCI- Froward Point Coast Watch Station a ‘Bag Packing Day’. The volunteer watch keepers were kept very busy and a stunning total of £558.75 was donated by Sainsburys’ very generous customers.
On Saturday 21st October the
Friends of Froward held a very happy and successful Ceilidh in St George’s Hall, Goodrington, the profit from which resulted in £266.50.
Also Kate Tremlett, the granddaughter of watch keeper Alan Barrett, ran a project for NCI- Froward Point via the online giving platform
GivenGain.com, whereby she undertook to run 1 mile in September for every £10 sponsored during August. The total donated = £720 so she ran 72 miles in September!
That’s extremely enterprising and very energetic of you, Kate.
So it is congratulations and thanks to all who took part in the fund-raising activities. These are significant sums towards keeping the Lookout operational. It is also appropriate to thank the Froward Point volunteers who turn up in all weathers to carry-out their volunteer stint. Long may NCI be able to carry out its good work on our behalf.
Fings (as they never said) soon aint goinna be what they used to be. After 743 threats to leave and retire, Colin and Heather at The Ship are hanging-out the beer mats to dry, letting the lagers languish and the bitters bubble alone down in the cellar - in other words, retiring. After many years of running such a busy pub, they deserve a bit of R and R which is what they hope to be doing over the hill in Fish Town aka Brixham.
So no more legs o’ plaice, line- caught scallops or moo pie. We’ll really miss them, but it is only fair that they enjoy a bit of freedom because running a pub is no rest cure and a very demanding and trying occupation as well. And, I mean, at their age ... !
I am sure that I speak for many, many people when I wish Colin and Heather a long, happy and healthy retirement; after all they are only up the road so they can’t escape from us that easily. We ought to thank them also for their generosity and help in village affairs over many years, often unknown but always positive.
Replacing such charismatic folk will not be easy but let’s hope that whoever replaces them has a sense of humour, a thick skin, a strong constitution and a good toleration of people talking complete cobblers!
BY MIKE TREVORROW 2 or 3 Green Hours a
Month? It is more than likely that taking green garden waste to the tip will soon cost us money. Undesirable this may be but apparently it has become necessary for council funds.
So Kingswear’s new proposed scheme to provide our very own green waste service, and for FREE, is a very welcome piece of news indeed. Add to that the eventual ability to collect good quality compost for our gardens and the joy is boundless. Well, boundless that is, as long as enough volunteers are found to run it. If around 20 volunteers can be found the duties would be slight, probably only needing each person to turn-up once a month for about 2 hours. Without the volunteers of course we can have no scheme at all.
Councillors Edward Jones and Lucy Payne are spearheading this scheme which needs careful consideration and official planning permission. Edward Jones has generously offered space in a six-acre field bordering Mount Ridley Rd. and when the system is in place residents can bring their garden waste to the site on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. The site has to be manned for obvious reasons. When the green stuff has turned in to compost then people can turn up with their bags and collect it for their own gardens, pots, troughs, etc. This is particularly useful for the small garden where space for composting is difficult to find.
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