5.
Barista is open in Foss Street
Local girl Tara Barton opened
her new Café - Coffee Shop, "Barista", offering affordable
but high quality food. With a good range of food and
drink, locally sourced and freshly made, Barista is set to
become a favourite with locals and visitors alike. Pop
in and tell Tara Dartmouth dot TV sent you !
4.
Dartmouth Illustrated part III
OK,
so who knows when this was taken ?
When attending the recent Henley opening a lot of people
asked about Dartmouth dot TV and this newsletter - we are not
a B&B so why are we getting it ? was the most often asked
question. Everyone has a part to play in stopping
Dartmouth turn into Salcombe, which tends to die in the winter.
We all love the bars, the restaurants, the boats and the
general "buzz" you get in our town. A sustainable
economy leads to a vibrant town; we need to maintain quality
tourism and encourage visitors to come both in and out of season.
Dartmouth needs to be alive in the winter, as it is now.
It is very important for local people to have a thriving town
to live in. The shipbuilding industry has gone and like it or not
we are mainly left with tourism. If handled carefully
and sensitively, tourism can provide the bread and butter
that Dartmouth needs for ever, the river we get for free!
Whether you are in tourism or not, it's your town, enjoy it
and help Dartmouth dot TV spread the word to both locals,
friends and tourists. Together we can keep Dartmouth
the very special place it is.
If
you have any sort of business in Dartmouth, help support
Dartmouth dot TV by placing a free advertisement with us
please ?
If
you know someone who would like to get this newsletter, just
hit the reply button and send us their e-mail address.
The
plug....... If
you are opening a coffee shop or a restaurant, or revamping
or refurbishing a business, introducing new menus, featuring
a new artist in your gallery, or holding a charity jumble
sale, just invite us along ? We take the photographs
and write the text for you! And we let nearly 500
people know!
6. Car Boot Sale
The car boot sale last Sunday in aid
of Dartmouth Christmas Lights got off to a good start, with
more brightly coloured toys and household treasures than you
could throw a stick at. David Gent reports: "The car
boot sale was successful; there was a steady stream of
people throughout the morning, and I understand all the
stallholders did well. I've heard that one of them took well
over £300"
The next will be on 13th August, again at the Community
College.
7.
Flavel News
SOLAR
Saturday 22 July 8.30pm
Tickets: £6 in advance / £8 on the door
Solar is probably the Westcountry's hottest funk band made up of
six of the region's finest and most versatile musicians. With a
repertoire that ranges from 70's soul funk classics by James
Brown, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers and Tower of Power, through
to modern grooves by Jamiroquai and Moloko as well as some
Scissor Sisters, this is a band dedicated to dancing - Solar is a
must see and must dance.
CURIOUS GEORGE (U) screening from Sunday 23 July
Ted, is a geeky museum guide. He travels to Africa in an attempt
to obtain a huge ancient ruin that could save his museum, which
the owner’s son wants to turn into a more profitable parking
lot. Instead, Ted brings home an adorable, mischievous,
childlike monkey called George, who inadvertently causes all
kinds of trouble for him, though there is never much doubt that
things won’t work out right for him.
Sun 23 at 2pm KIDS CLUB screening activity starts at 2pm and
film starts at 2.30pm all tickets £2.50 Mon 24 at 4pm, Tue
25 at 4pm, Thu 27 at 5pm
WAH WAH (15) screening from
Friday 21 July
This
semi-autobiographical ‘coming of age at the end of an age’ story
based on the early life of director Richard E. Grant, is told
through the eyes of young Ralph Compton. Set during the last
gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland, 1969, the plot focuses
on the dysfunctional Compton family whose gradual disintegration
mirrors that of the end of British rule. From the age of 11 to
14 Ralph (Fox and Hoult) witnesses the collapse of his parents’
marriage and the crumbling of his father’s life, career and self
confidence. It is out of this turmoil that Ralph’s creativity is
born.
‘Acidly funny and very moving’ – Los Angeles Times
Fri 21 at 7.30pm, Sun 23 at 5pm, Mon 24 at 7pm, Tue 25 at 7pm,
Wed 26 at 2pm
8.
Regatta Flag
Chairman
of Regatta, Basil Williams reports "For the first time in 162
years the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta will have its own
flag, which will be flown during the Official Three Days of the
Regatta. We have had 50 Burgees made and these are now on sale
at £12. I am pleased to say that they will be flown at the
masthead of both HMS Mersey and RFA Sir Bedivere whilst they are
in the Harbour for the Regatta. Both ships will be open to the
general public on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th August."
9. Film
Society Memoirs of a Geisha
Rob Bird reports "The Film
Society is screening Memoirs of a Geisha next Thursday, which
will be our last film until September, and is an opportunity for
those who missed it at the Flavel. By the way, membership of the
Film Soc enables a discount at the Flavel." You may have
missed it at The Flavel as many nights were completly sold out,
a Dartmouth dot TV must see film! "In the years before
World War II, a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family
to work in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who
nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary
geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the
most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love
for the one man beyond her reach."
