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Devon County Council Use of 0845 Rip-Off Numbers

By Sailingclub

Before dialing one of these expensive numbers you can take a look at this website

By pobox112 at 11:28 on 22/05/10

Devon Country Council should be ashamed of themselves with their proliferation of revenue 0845 producing telephone numbers. Unlike Cornwall County Council who use 0300 Telephone numbers. Meaning a standard rate call and for many people inclusive calls. There are people who are not able to afford a fixed telephone line or may not be with a telecom operator that is giving some relief from the costs of making these calls. Not...
Devonport Park Bandstand

By DuncanFlie

I think this will be fantastic when it's done. It will be a great place for music and other events;...

By JanePublisher at 14:18 on 27/04/10

The Friends of Devonport Park have won an award of £44,881 in the latest Participatory Budgetary event run by DRC Partnership. This money allocated to them will allow the Friends of Devonport Park to establish the foundations and base for the bandstand. The base has been designed by Research+Design who recently won a prestigious Alan King 2009 award for their New Street Project design in the Barbican, Plymouth. The base is...
Launch of Gummy Slug Gifts & Cards in Devonport

By JanePublisher

Hello everyone,

The event covered here for GummySlugs Gifts & Cards was on the Saturday...

By JanePublisher at 14:08 on 27/04/10

Gummy Slug Gifts and Cards Will be showcasing their range of gifts and cards just in time for Christmas, on Saturday 28th November at the Welcome Hall 1-4pm, with free entry, raffle and face painting. Gummy Slug Gifts and Cards create personalised cards, hand crafted jewellery and selective gifts to clients throughout the UK. They deliver throughout the UK and have an expanding customer base, including private clients and shops ...
The Cot Life Society UK - Campaign Against Cot Death

By wendyduke

Would like to add your link to our website and also to get in contact with Julee :0)X

By juleeo at 19:27 on 19/11/09

Hi, The Cot Life Society UK - Campaign Against Cot Death Our society will be in the town centre Wednesday 27th January 2010 letting parents know about Mattress Erapping for cot death prevention, this campaign has been running for 15 years and has 100% proof that something simple ca be done to prevent cot death. http://www.cotlife2000.com/ This campaign needs all support it can possibly gain - you can find us on facebbok groups...
A New Library for Devonport

By LizzyCook2

As with the other improvements to Devonport of late, this too will be an asset. A creative use of an...

By JanePublisher at 19:04 on 08/12/09

Next summer there will be a new library at St Aubyns Church which is at present closed for refurbishment. At the moment the library can be found at the lower floor of the Welcome Hall. The new library will be situated at the bottom floor of St Aubyns Church and a new mezzanine floor is being built for a separate worship area. A church may seem like an unusual place to open a library, but it will give this well-loved historic building...

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Calm seas and sunshine, but hardly enough room for a deckchair as sub crew surface mid-ocean

By Devonport-People at 07:00 on 04/09/10

AFTER seven months and 27,000 miles at sea, Plymouth submariners enjoy lounging around in the sun as they begin the long journey home. Smoking cigarettes and making phone calls from the surface of HMS Talent may look like a cosy job — but the 130 crew members are returning from a vital deployment. As well as working to provide peace in the Middle East, the trip saw them conduct the first exercise between British and Indian...
Sharing aircraft carriers ruled out

By Devonport-People at 07:00 on 04/09/10

DEFENCE Secretary Liam Fox says it would be “utterly unrealistic” to share aircraft carriers with France amid moves for closer co-operation and cost-cutting. Speaking at a press conference in Paris, Dr Fox said people would have to “wait and see” what decisions are made in the Defence Review about the carrier programme. The Ministry of Defence, like nearly all government departments, is facing a significant...
Talent show judge

By Devonport-People at 07:00 on 04/09/10

A WEST End theatre director has agreed to be a judge on Saltash’s Got Talent. Nick Evans will be sitting on a panel in October at Devonport Playhouse to judge the contest. Auditions are being held on Saturdays, September 11 and 25 at Burraton Community Centre 1.30pm-5pm. Entry is £5. Proceeds will be donated to St Luke’s Hospice and The Sue Hooper Charitable Foundation. For details, visit www.saltashtalent.co.uk
The final act

By Devonport-People at 07:00 on 04/09/10

I FIND it ironic that The Herald announced the classical success of a Greek play in the new and popular Devonport Playhouse, while on the opposite page was the continued tale of woe regarding the now very dated, yet classically intended, Athenaeum Theatre. Also ironic, and on that same page, was an advertisement for some West End shows in London. The Plymouth Athenaeum is past its sell-by date. It sits looking uncomfortably like a...
In the family tradition

By Devonport-People at 07:00 on 04/09/10

FREDERICK BICKLE was a carpenter/builder with his own building and undertaking business in Clifton Place, and in his time did all the work that needed doing on Charles Church and the neighbouring St Luke’s Chapel (behind the library). In turn his son, Dick Bickle, was one of the team who worked on the restoration of St Andrew’s Church in the mid-Fifties, until he had an accident and retired due to illness. By that...