Team want to return brook to 'its absolute best'
Volunteers are helping clear the waterway which leads into the sea after recent silt build-ups.
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"We've got members of the community to come down with picks, shovels and spades and all the rest of it to get stuck in and clear as much of this as we can."
— David Force , Activist
"Although I live in Exeter now, I wanted to come and help clear this to get it back to what it used to be like."
— Judy Saunders , Activist
"Dawlish is winning, Dawlish is coming back. We're going to have a brilliant summer - the future looks good."
— David Force , Activist
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Volunteers are helping clear the waterway which leads into the sea after recent silt build-ups.
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