| Letter from Westminster | | 4:32pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008 | | LAST week was a busy time for me as Home Secretary but it was also a week when I got to see new policies from the government up and running in Redditch. |
| Group funds | | 4:37pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008 | | MEMBERS of Redditch Vegetarians & Vegans staged a street collection in the town centre on Saturday, July 5, raising much needed funds on behalf of the national campaign group Animal Aid. |
| Leaders astounded | | 4:35pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008 | | WE are astounded at the comments made by both Ms Smith and Mr Wharrad in your paper of July 9. In fact we have seen Ms Smith's press release and it is obvious that she does not understand what is going on. Ms Smith said in her press release of which we have a copy:
Bromsgrove does not provide a shop mobility service. Wrong. It does have and has had for three years a well used free shop mobility service. |
| No powers over merger | | 4:34pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008 | | IN your front page story (July 9) Ms Jacqui Smith MP and the Labour Group on Redditch Borough Council show yet again their lack of any political integrity or intellectual honesty. |
| Nursery is outstanding | | 4:33pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008 | | I WOULD like to take the opportunity to tell everyone about Alvechurch & Bordesley Nursery. |
| Points on castle plan | | 4:33pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008 | | IN response to the letters from Councillor Pearce and Maurice Clarke about the county council purchasing Hartlebury Castle, I would like to make the following points. | | Reader comment (1) |
| Urgent speed limits review needed | | 4:32pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008 | | I WONDER if I am alone in thinking that the speed limits on Redditch roads should be urgently reviewed? |
| Let sentence fit the crime | | 10:35am Monday 14th July 2008 | | I DO think that any one carrying a gun or knife should receive the full penalty of the law. |
| Kindnesses appreciated | | 10:35am Monday 14th July 2008 | | PLEASE can we take the opportunity through Your view to say a very big thank you to the people of Redditch, in particular to the people working and shopping at Morrison's on Saturday, June 28. |
| Concerns over appointment | | 10:34am Monday 14th July 2008 | | I FEEL after the public press release, that I have to write and inform the people of Redditch that I, nor any of my fellow Labour colleagues, voted for a joint chief executive for Redditch and Bromsgrove. |
| Failed to get message over | | 10:34am Monday 14th July 2008 | | A FEW weeks ago through the medium of your news paper I wrote, what was intended to be at the time, a one-off, tongue-in-cheek missive regarding the views of Albert Wharrad. |
| Jumping the gun – again | | 10:33am Monday 14th July 2008 | | WE seem to see far too much of the usual propaganda being pedalled by Robin King . . . yet again, this time re Hartlebury Castle for sale. |
| Public have been misled | | 10:32am Monday 14th July 2008 | | THE letter from Worcestershire county councillor Robert Lunn (June 18) crticising the county council for thinking of setting aside the sum of £3.5million for the possible purchase of Hartlebury Castle, was, I felt, misleading a public which may not be aware of the history and present usage of this building. |
| Seeking out true justice | | 10:31am Monday 14th July 2008 | | JUST a couple of points from John B Holland's letter, published last week. |
| Hartlebury Castle and its future... | | 10:30am Monday 14th July 2008 | | I AM disturbed by the ill-informed comments of Councillor Robin King (Your view, July 2) about Hartlebury Castle, which lies in my constituency. |
| Soroptomist International | | 10:26am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | MS Kumbi Mandinyenya, Service Manager of the Alzheimers Society of Worcestershire and Dr David Battey talked to members of SI Bromsgrove and Redditch on June 12 about Alzheimers Disease and dementia which affects 700,000 members of the population. |
| Alcester U3A | | 10:23am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | THE replacement speaker for the July meeting was Ann Brown from Hall Green U3A and her most interesting talk was entitled Marie and Pierre Curie. |
| Everywoman’s Circle | | 10:23am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | ON June 5, a warm welcome was given to Ray Sturdy photo traveller and presenter. |
| Moo-ving on! | | 10:20am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | WHILE many of us might be happy to share gossip in the pub or at the office water- cooler, we still seem to live up to the tight-lipped' stereotype when it comes to personal matters. |
| MPs perks | | 10:19am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | I WAS disgusted to read that our Member's of Parliament can claim £22,000 in expenses. |
| Ship service | | 10:18am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | DID you ever serve on board any of the light fleet carriers, HMS Bulwark, HMS Albion, or HMS Centaur? |
| Swim struggle | | 10:17am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | FIRSTLY, I would like to congratulate the local council on how much cleaner the ladies changing room was last time I went swimming at Hewell Road. |
| Better funding need for our schools | | 10:17am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | |
IN the past, the justification given for our county's lower national school funding allocations, by Government departments and local government MPs, has been that we have far less deprivation or additional needs' than the national average or many other neighbouring authorities. |
| Bus service improvements | | 10:16am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | IN response to the recent reported concerns following changes made to bus services, and, in particular, the withdrawal of service 57-58 from the Alexandra Hospital, I would like to highlight some of the issues, good and bad relating to bus services in and around Redditch. |
| Utopia is a long way off | | 10:15am Wednesday 9th July 2008 | | READING the comments of Paul Smith on the kind of society he would like to see I'm sure all decent, law-abiding, respectful citizens of this once great country would wholeheartedly agree with him. |
| Great time | | 10:07am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | THE Redditch and Bromsgrove Breathe Easy Support Group would like to thank the Redditch Lions for inviting us to join them at the Arrow Valley Fun Day recently. |
| Stop this castle plan | | 10:06am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | IN answer to Councillor Juliet Brunner's comments in the local press, I repeat the planned purchase of Hartlebury Castle for £3.5 million on top of the £840,000 spent on County Hall decor by the ruling Tory group at county level is deplorable. | | Reader comments (7) |
| Misleading info' claim | | 10:05am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | AS readers will be aware there are to be two by-elections in Redditch on July 17 - one is in Batchley, for a borough councillor and the other for the Arrow Valley East division of Worcestershire County Council. Both of these are due to the recent death of Councillor Betty Passingham who was on Redditch Council and also stood on the county council. |
| Take a walk in our shoes... | | 10:04am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | IN answer to recent critical letters from S Jack and G Peters regarding my partner and myself I would like to inform them that I was married and both left as single parent families - my partner with her three children and myself with my two children. |
| Excellent selection | | 10:03am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | I WAS delighted to learn of the selection of Councillor Mrs Juliet Brunner, to contest the Worcestershire County Council seat, vacant after the sad passing of dear old Betty Passingham, in the Redditch East Division. |
| Grateful | | 9:57am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | I AM writing to thank the residents of Redditch for their kind generosity whilst collecting for the St John organisation at Morrisons store in Redditch last month. |
| Seeking spot in workplace | | 9:56am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | I SYMPATHISE with Linda Swan's views on New Labour's record regarding representing her (indeed, us) and her/our best interests. I sometimes find myself wondering whether NL is merely somewhat to the right of Margaret Thatcher (whose policies it has done so much to further), or rather, a good step to the right of Attilla the Hun! | | Reader comment (1) |
| Time to get back on track | | 9:56am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | I AM really concerned about the future of this once, great country. The cost of living, the credit crunch and the uncontrolled influx of immigrants. |
| Better care | | 9:55am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | REDDITCH MP Jacqui Smith requested views from her article in the Advertiser/Chronicle about caring for older people and meeting the needs of our changing society. |
| An ode to the Alcester Duck Race | | 9:51am Tuesday 1st July 2008 | | BEAUTIFUL RIVER ARROW OF ALCESTER TOWN
I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE DID NOT DROWN
ONE TRIUMPHED TO WEAR THE CROWN
IT IS THE YEAR OF OH, OH, EIGHT
WE WERE IN NUMBER TWELVE FIVE EIGHT
AS WE WENT TO THE RIVERSIDE GATE
WE COULD NOT KNOW
THAT EIGHT NINE OH
WOULD BEAT US TO THE LINE
WE ALL HAD HOPES
WE HAD OUR FEARS
AS FOUR O'CLOCK DID CHIME
WE ALL PLUNGED IN THE ARROW RIVER
ALL OF US WITHOUT A SHIVER
BIG DUCK BEING OUR CONFIDENCE GIVER
AT NEW BRIDGE POOL
A TRAP TO FOOL
AN EDDY ROUND AND ROUND
WE WOULD BE THERE TODAY BUT
BY THE BOATMAN WE WERE FOUND
WE ALL GOT HOME AND FETED
BY GIANT HERONS NETTED
AND WINNERS NOMINATED
WITH ALL TO THANK
AND THANKS TO ALL
WE ARE NOW OUT TO REST
WE SHALL RETURN
IN OH, OH, NINE
SO COME TO WISH US ALL THE BEST
With thanks to the great Scottish poet, William McGonagle.
Thank you Alcester, again you have been wonderful. |
| Lost support | | 3:34pm Tuesday 24th June 2008 | | HAVING read the Labour councillors letters in last week's Advertiser/ Chronicle it smacks of desperation of a Government on its last legs. | | Reader comments (3) |
| Reassurance on surgeries | | 3:33pm Tuesday 24th June 2008 | | I WRITE in response to Lisa Seeney's letter, headlined 'Doctors' delivery', in Your view on Wednedsay, June 18. |
| Nurses are overworked | | 3:32pm Tuesday 24th June 2008 | | I FELT I had to write about the Alex hospital after being cared for there after I suffered a heart attack about three weeks ago. |
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