Teignmouth Post and Gazette No 4913 Friday 16 April 1976

WAR AGAINST CRIME

A new initiative was made by the Devon and Cornwall’s Chief Constable Mr. John Anderson. He called for a new dynamic community assault on crime, with police-backed neighbourhood schemes, “involving the man in the street and even the ranks of the unemployed”.

He suggested “The great authority of the TUC should be brought in to aid the fight against crime, and speak out against lawlessness”. He made the interesting point that authorities should be cautious about excessive use of criminal law against otherwise good but forgetful, incompetent or apathetic people.”

ELECTION BATTLEGROUND

Mr. Dick Every attacked the Mayor of Teignmouth, Mr. Edward Card, who is opposing him in the District Council’s East Ward election. “I helped make you Mayor of this town and given you my loyal support. By virtue of the offices I hold, I have given you private and confidential information, when I knew you could not obtain it from any other source.

“I was amazed to learn that you do not reciprocate this loyalty, support and confidence. Two councillors are not seeking re-election, Mr. Evans in Central Ward, Mr. Harris in West Ward. You decided to ignore this, and attempt to unseat Mr. Frederick Morris at Teignbridge or myself at East Ward that I have represented for twelve years. Even in the jungle which is local government, dog does not eat dog.”

STREET TRADING STALLS

Dear Sir, "I think that the proposed alternative site for the stalls to be in Stanley Street, not in Teign Street and Somerset Place, is unsuitable. Access to this site would be most difficult, holding up traffic each end during loading, and create hazards. Then there would be rubbish and litter problems, and toilet facilities. Planning permission would be utterly ridiculous.” E. Ward, The Art and Curio Shop, Teign Street.

BETTING SHOP FOR SHALDON?

Dear Sir; “I was fortunate enough to fulfil my military obligations in World War Two, here in England, and to discover your wonderful country as an “aggressive” Anglophile. I rejoiced in a few particularly valued friends, and many times I have spent weeks in Shaldon. It never palls; my first impression is of serenity and peace, while today’s world has gone stark raving mad.

I was dismayed to learn that there are plans to set up a betting shop in Fore Street. Shaldon needs this about as much as an epidemic of bubonic plague. I like my mild “flutter” as well as the next chap, but they have their proper place, and in my humble and respectful opinion, Shaldon is not, like Morecambe, Blackpool or Southend. Let one betting shop into Shaldon, and you will have an irreversible chain of events, which cannot but destroy the greatest tourist asset, her delightful “differentness”.

Richard W. Hansen, Summit, New Jersey, USA