Sad news

This week has seen one of Paigntons longest standing businesses fall victim to the recession... taking with it sister shops in Plymouth and Exeter. Harbour Sports has been a landmark on Paignton Harbour since the mid 70's and will leave a large hole in the Harbour community. On a personal note, I have known Frank for some years and have been inspired by his drive and enthusiasm for this area. He has mentored students, both UK and EU and campaigned long and hard for a better environment for all who live, work and visit Torbay - he is also a thoroughly decent bloke. All at TTPL wish Frank and his team at Harbour Sports the very best and sincerely hope that a phoenix will rise from this sad event.

This is just one of our students with Frank, shared on his blog, please watch and enjoy this marvelous video.

I have also heard that Mark Jenkins - star of The Hotel has put The Grosvenor up for sale and the other two hotels in his group The Kistor and The Inglewood are in the hands of the receivers...so hard to see the real and personal impact of this global recession.

So, a bit of a gloomy blog here but if I know anything of the people involved in these two examples of recession fueled tragedy it is that they will not give up, the positive attitude thet is held dear and infectiopusly shared will bubble to the surface and we will see something special rise from this weeks sad events.