The Jubilee in Devon: Newton Abbot: An adjourned meeting was held at the Alexandra Hall, Newton, last evening under the presidency of Mr. W. Watts, to consider what steps should be taken to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Mr. C. Pope (hon. secretary) read the report of the Committee appointed to ascertain the relative cost of carrying out the different schemes and the amount of the subscriptions towards each. The committee was informed that a building for swimming and washing baths would cost about £1,500. This would be exclusive of washhouses or the purchase of the rent of the ground. The annual costs and expenditure were estimated at about £100. A suggested site in Kingsteignton Road, the property of Mr. J. B. Pinsent was found to be unobtainable. Another site adjoining the Bark Mill and near the Kingsteignton Road could possibly be obtained at a rental of £25 per annum …
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901