Nº 3 October 2011
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Welcome to PARADISE DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO REMEMBERS THE MONTGÓ PLANE CRASH? If 5th December, 1950, means little or nothing to you, it’s likely you’ve not heard that it was the date 7 British airmen perished when the plane carrying them between France and Gibraltar crashed into the Montgó mountain that divides Jávea from neighbouring Denia. Messages on the ‘BritsInSpain’ Group at Yahoo, confirmed the rumour one member had heard, and resurrected the idea of Peter Sharp, for the ‘scaffold pole’ cross on top of the Montgó to be replaced by a more appropriate memorial, reflecting the sun’s brightness during the day and lit by solar powered light at night. Five walkers who found wreckage at the site
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Another story says it was an English pilot that crashed there in the Spanish Civil War and that is why the cross was erected on the Montgó top. We have asked the RAF Museum what they know? Meanwhile, we rely upon Denia painter Jaime Costa Tur who told reporters at the time “the mountain was covered with a white scarf.” The crash occurred at 3 in the afternoon and was witnessed by two men working in a field and spoke of ‘four bodies’. A search team consisting of the Mayor, Police captain and two corporals, four members of the Guardia Civil, a judge, priest and neighbours, the wreckage was not found until shortly before 3am the following morning, according to an ABC report the following day. The Montgó was described as one of the highest peaks in the region, jutting into the sky with the minimum of warning. Hopefully, we’ll have an update next month.
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Last month I mentioned Mas y Mas customers receiving free ‘bolsas’, on production of their Loyalty Card, but the promotion has finished. No thought for the livelihood of manufacturers switching to biodegradable plastic. Bags are out (as should be the PC folk, who choose ‘soundbites’ rather than solutions).
The ‘Montgó Cross’ is one of many ‘too imaginative for Jávea’ proposals from Peter. l A horse racing track in the valley between Jávea and Gata. l Public swimming pool created using area where Tosca stone has been evacuated on the promenade. l An amphitheatre at the far end of Jávea harbour. There are fewer and fewer ‘original thinkers’ these days.
Mercadona inherited a ‘tired warehouse-like’ building on the Ctra. Cabo la Nao when buying SuperAguilar. It has since been demolished and replaced. If my memory serves me right, the ‘town’ premises on Amanecer de España was constructed without Planning permission, and built over a ‘public right-of-way’ so, one Saturday night, all the cash registers were moved towards the sea and the rear staircase built, so people could still walk where they had the right to walk. CR
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