Teignmouth Post and Gazette No 4873 Friday 11 July 1975

NEW ROAD OPENS SUNDAY

Teignmouth’s inner relief road - the A379 stage II diversion - will be partially opened on Sunday July 13 and traffic patterns will change as a result (see sketch plan). Bus stops will also be altered.

The new road will open initially with a single traffic lane in each direction, so that the remaining work, further diversions and temporary closures can be carried out. A temporary pedestrian crossing will be provided to connect the railway station with Station Road.

RABIES PRECAUTIONS

Teignmouth Harbour Commissioners, the Yacht Club, and other bodies connected to the sea, are to be asked to back the Council’s intensified campaign to strengthen security against the spread of rabies, from which two men have died recently in England. It only needs one dog from one ship to come ashore, and we could have rabies in this country.

HAYTOR ROCKS ON MARKET

The rocks are part of the Leighton Estate in the parishes of Manaton and Ilsington. The estate is being offered as a whole or seven lots. It includes Leighton House, Leighton and Greator Farms, over a 1,000 acres of moorland, and the title of Lords of the Manors of Ilsington and Bagtor, once held by Mr. Washington Singer, of sewing machine fame.

ORANGE BADGES

The Department of the Environment is to allow free parking at the ancient monuments and historic buildings in its care in England, for disabled people whose cars show the Orange Badge. This scheme came into effect on December 1 1971. It allows parking for indefinite periods at places where time limits apply; non-payment at parking meters ; and parking for up to two hours on double yellow lines.

VINTAGE CARS

On Sunday, nearly 80 veteran and vintage cars, valued at well over £100,000, were on display at a rally organised by the Crash Box Club of Devon, in the grounds of Powderham Castle. They included a 1904 steam-driven Turner, a 1908 Renault, a 1926 Chevrolet and a 1926 Bentley.

“GOBS”

Over the years, we have caught glimpses of American sailors - they used to be nicknamed “Gobs” - with their bell-bottomed trousers, jumper blouses and “pork pie” hats. But enlisted ranks of the US Navy had a new look last week. They are now wearing double breasted navy blue blazers, black trousers and white officer-style caps with visors.

SWEDISH STUDENTS

Last year, two students from North Sweden came to the town with a SAS party, and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Dean at 81 Fourth Avenue.

They liked it so much that this year they came over on their own on a cycling tour, and turned up at No 81 last week. They are Freddy Olsen, aged 18, and Tordjorn Tojaldard. They left Teignmouth on Thursday for Lands End, and will leave England on August 1 after a 40 days stay.

KNITTING WOOL

The East Devon WRVS organised a competition for the largest ball collected up to the end of June. Balls were so large that t was impossible to carry them. One branch’s effort had to be wheeled round in a pram. The winner, Clyst St. George, weighed 40 lbs, circumference 60 inches.