Around Kingswear BY MIKE TREVORROW
Successful Exhibition Friends of St Thomas’ girded their
loins during August to provide a very interesting and well-attended exhibition in the lower hall. The information was all about the men from Kingswear who were involved in World War One; sadly 14 died in this awful conflict, but some returned to carry on their lives and raise families, whilst some were exempted from service because of their occupation. Tom Casey for example, applied for exemption because he was a ferryman and engineer and the ferry would have difficulty running without him; he had to repeatedly apply for exemption, it was not just granted for the duration of the war, but eventually even he was called-up. The exhibition was set-up by
Alison Crozier and Carolyn Williams and it was in a very accessible form which pleased over 57 people who came to view it. The real hard slog and research was done by Tessa Gibson, the archivist to the Kingswear Historians. Tessa has spent years combing through local historical newspapers, documents and records to collect information on Kingswear residents and their houses. The more she looks the more she finds; it is her dedication that has enabled us to be so well-informed about our village and its people. Tessa was present throughout the two days of the exhibition and was able to enlighten and interest many who came to look and wanted to know more. Thanks are very much due to her and the painstaking work she has accumulated.
Poorly Engine Lydham Manor was a poorly engine
with a nasty pain in his tummy so he had to go to the engine hospital at Churston where the nice mechanic people would make him better with
their spanners and hammers and soft, refreshing oil. The quarrelsome coaches weren’t happy about that because all the boys and girls wanted their summer trips to Kingswear and Paignton, so they told the Fat Controller how cross they were. The poor Fat Controller had
already brought in a cute little tank engine called Titan and he was a strong little engine who did a very good job of pulling the big heavy coaches, seven of them, up the big railway hill to Churston – but Titan couldn’t do all the work himself; so
another engine had to be sent for. What a handsome chap he turned out to be – a super blue colour with a fine black face; his name was King Edward 11, known in the sheds as Posh Eddie. Eddie soon showed those coaches where they got off, he was a no-nonsense sort of engine. The trouble is he was a bit vain, and it was rumoured around the village that Eddie had been heard to say, ”I don’t get out of bed for less than £650!” What a naughty engine, but don’t worry, he will be going home again at the end of September and Lydham Manor will be back with his tummy all better and his brasses all burnished, looking like the classy engine we all love.
Bagging from Bedding All of us are made constantly aware
of the horrendous speed with which we are poisoning our planet largely due to our addiction to single use plastic. Our oceans are becoming completely choked with rubbish which we have thoughtlessly abandoned. One of the main causes of the pollution is the volume of plastic bags which even when disposed of in landfill can find their way into water courses and eventually the sea. Sea creatures are at terrible risk and their habitat will eventually become uninhabitable ... and this is all down to us! So, in an attempt to reduce plastic
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