Keeping Us in the Loop Is Important ; Columnists Bob Curtis Thoughts From a Former Brixham Pilot

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THERE are times when political power casts disturbing shadows throughout the community.

Take the decision by Torbay Council to widen Brixham's Blackball Lane, reputedly to accommodate twoway traffic into Freshwater Quarry. Local residents' group Friends of Furzeham is understandably upset because it was not consulted and fears it might mean the destruction of the historic lime kilns on the corner of Bench House.

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Keeping Us in the Loop Is Important ; Columnists Bob Curtis Thoughts From a Former Brixham Pilot

Among other things, these old kilns were instrumental in creating the special marine paint which produced 'red sails in the sunset'.

The Friends also argue that widening this traditional Devon coastal lane isn...

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