Letters
A Morris Minor inconvenience
THERE is a charming Morris Minor which has been parked in Corbridge Market Square for months now.
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Town’s bus station needs to be retained
AT last, the voice of sanity and good common sense from Mark Tranter is heard on this bedevilled and long running saga of Hexham’s bus station (Courant, January 22).
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Hexham wells
WELL, well, don’t tell me Corbridge is to pip Hexham to the post by requesting the support to restore ‘St Andrew’s Well’ on Well Bank (Courant, January 1).
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Anxiety
AS an Allendale resident, I am extremely concerned by the recent spate of planning applications for affordable housing in our village. Three units at Deneholme are in the pipeline, a second application for 22 units adjacent to Forstersteads is well into the planning process and 42 units on Shilburn Road has just gone into its consultation period.
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Hexham House
TWO issues have been raised recently in council – the fate of Hexham House and the possible establishment of a Hexham museum (Courant, January 15).
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Tenpin loan
IT’S interesting that the leader of Noorthumberland County Council, Coun. Jeff Reid, still feels able to boast of his party’s excellent plans to repair the financial mess left by the former Labour administration (Courant Letters, January 22) even though he intends to lend £600,000 to North Country Leisure for its speculative conversion of the present bowls hall, at Wentworth Leisure Centre, into a ten-pin bowling alley.
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Challenging
I CONGRATULATE the members of the Hexham Indoor Bowls Club on their concerted campaign to oppose the proposal by North Country Leisure to convert the indoor bowls hall at the Wentworth into a tenpin bowling alley.
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Snowbound lifeline
LIKE many other small villages, Ovingham suffered a certain amount of isolation and certainly a great deal of inconvenience during the recent bad weather.
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Drama club
AS one of the people who have ‘aged with the club’ I should like to add something to your excellent report on Riding Mill Drama Club’s 60th anniversary year (Courant, January 22).
Last updated 5 February 2010
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Lighting the Wall will attract extra tourists
I WAS reading the article regarding the lighting of Hadrian’s Wall (Courant, January 15).
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Opening doors
I WAS appalled at the disclosure (Courant, January 15), that the cash-strapped Northumberland County had earmarked Hexham Old Gaol for closure and that redundancy notices had already been issued.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Industry
YES, Colin Moss is right to remind us that Hexham is an historic market town (Courant Letters, January 22).
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Working hours
COUN. Colin Horncastle is wrong to use the European Working Time Directive as an excuse for lack of gritting (Courant, January 15).
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Caring store
I JOIN Stella Charlton in congratulating Robbs of Hexham for its customer support in the recent bad weather (Courant Letters, January 22).
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Generosity
LIFE has been difficult with roads inaccessible, people struggling to get to their places of work, and vehicle accidents as drivers understandably lost control, skidding on the ice.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Climate change
I AM not a ‘global warming activist’ but whilst I do not blame Mr Peat (Courant Letters, January 22) for confusion about ‘global warming’ he really should get a basic understanding of the facts before making unhelpful comments about a very serious threat to humankind.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Inefficient
LETTERS published in the Courant congratulating Northumberland County Council for the way it dealt with adverse weather conditions were certainly not penned by anyone in this part of the area.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Stalwart
TOGETHER with the statutory service, small businesses and altruistic individuals whose stalwart efforts are keeping Tynedale going during the Big Freeze (Courant, January 15), commendation is also due to the Milecastle Housing maintenance team.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Bus drivers
WE would like to thank the bus drivers for doing so well coming up to Highford Park, Hexham, when they had all the ice and snow to deal with. Well done to them.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Road clearance
I WANTED to express thanks and gratitude to all the council workers who worked tirelessly to keep the main roads clear during all the snow.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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