Teignmouth Post and Gazette No 4934 Friday 10 September 1976

SEAMENS’ STRIKE

A strike by the National Union of seamen will not affect exports from the Port of Teignmouth. It is unlikely the EEC countries will support a British strike, and most of the ships using the port are foreign.

TORQUAY BEND

The deadly bend at Labrador will not be widened or straightened out for a long long time.

The County Engineer, Mr. J. P. Westwell, emphasised the accident risk at that dangerous spot, but the Committee decided that a straighter road would only encourage speeding. The more twists and bends, the more careful the driver will be, was the attitude of Mr. Arthur Bladon. The proposed £60,000 scheme will be put in deep-freeze, in deference to the re-alignment of the Shaldon - Ness Drive junction.

STAND PIPES

Five gallons per day was likely to be the ration. Containers with screw caps were the best. A week ago, they were selling at £2.35; today, the price is £2,75. Some were being sold for £4.00. There are “spivs” already lining up to soak us when we are becoming desperate.

BACK BOILERS

A large number of people depended on water. At Oak Hill Cross, nearly every house has a back boiler, so people would be unable to light fires. When a back boiler blows up, due to air expanding in the tank, it has the effect of a bomb exploding inside the house. These people should not go without, even if it meant turning the village hall into a British Restaurant.

GIRL BROADCASTER

Nicola Russell, (15), won the completion to try broadcasting.”Dear David Rodgers, I would very much like to visit Morning South West. I think you are very dishy. I am interested in broadcasting. I have read about it , but I would really like to see how it is done. It is one of my ambitions to broadcast my own voice over the radio.

PS I am a very keen supporter of the Exeter Falcons.”

This went out on the BBC transmitters on Tuesday morning, August 31, from the Plymouth studios.

FOUR SONS IN POLICE FORCE

Mrs. Esme Farrell’s four lads all went to Teignmouth Grammar School, all were members of the Rugby team, all joined the Boys in Blue. Martyn started working for Mother’s Pride, but realised there was more to life than sliced bread.

Serving in London, he had to search for a bomb in Harrods, and had a few wallops in demonstrations. Christopher, the eldest, went to a theology college to become a priest, but changed his mind half way, and is now a policeman in Chipping Sodbury.

Then Robert, the Rugby player, it dawned on him that one way to see the big matches was to become a bobby. Nicholas finished Grammar School this year, and is now a cadet training in Somerset. One of the brothers has married a woman constable.