Teignmouth Post and Gazette No 4908 Friday 12 March 1976

BROADMEADOW SPORTS CENTRE

Teignmouth Town Council are to write to Teignbridge District Council to discuss the future management of the Centre. The Mayor, Mr. Edward Card, said he did not know if there was a deliberate intention to postpone any meeting until after the election. Mr. Dick Evely said it would be difficult to use the building without any equipment. “You can’t have a centre with just four walls, a floor and a heating system. Someone has got to get some equipment from somewhere, so there is a point in having a meeting to discuss this.”

COMMON LAND

Bishopsteignton Parish Council have applied to register parts of Haldon Moor at Teignmouth Golf Club as common land. Mrs. Joan Rooke said the documents in the case should have already come before the Parish Council, but were currently with a barrister who was preparing a brief. Mr. Arthur Bladon, Chairman, said they did not accept that the Golf Club was common land until proof was put before them.

BLUEBELL GIRL

Bishop Park WI. At the third anniversary, the speaker was Mrs. Elaine Clifford, the former Bluebell Girl dancer. She spoke of her life on the stage, and ended with a spirited re-creation of her dance routines.

NATIONAL TREE WEEK

The Exhibition arranged in Teignmouth Library features photographs and descriptions of trees found in Devon; it underlines the national concern for the need to preserve and replenish the British tree population, particularly after the disastrous elm disease.

Over the last four years, the County has spent some £2,000 a year to encourage the planting of trees in Devon. Special efforts have been made to plant trees on Council-owned land and on wide roadside verges.

WELL-KNOWN CHORISTER’S FUNERAL

The service for Mr. W. J. Kington took place at the Baptist Church on Thursday 4 March. The Rev W. T. Coffin officiated and Mr. Roe presided at the organ. Interment was at Teignmouth cemetery.He was caretaker at the Grammar School for 16 years.

He was a member of three choirs - Teign Choral Society, Torbay Male Voice Choir and Exeter Musical Society. He also helped with the Methodist Church Choir. He was a leader with the Crusaders’ Union, and will always be remembered for his work with the youth of this town and elsewhere, and was a teacher in the Sunday school in the Baptist Church.

LECTURERS FACE THE AXE

Because of the planned merger with Exeter University in 1978, 23 permanent full-time lecturers at St. Luke’s College are to be made redundant. Of the 80 lecturers, 57 are to be offered jobs.

Many are highly qualified as teachers in schools, but it is not a good market for school teachers at the moment. “We would have been happy to offer all the lecturers jobs, but it was simply not possible”.

The merger is taking place because of drastic cuts made in teacher training by the Government.