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Letters
Much more than just a youth centre
WE are now about half way through the consultation by Derbyshire County Council regarding the proposed changes to the provision of youth services within Derbyshire.
Kinder stories
AS part of the 80th anniversary celebrations for the 1932 Kinder Scout mass trespass in which five ramblers were jailed, a new updated book on the protest is being published.
Turn club into mall
IT is excellent news that the nightclub on Cavendish Street has closed - now Chesterfield Borough Council needs to de-license the premises.
Save our £2m
The council has advised me Chesterfield Market hall is dated. It IS a listed building, isn’t it?!
It’s a mad, mad world where nobody talks
So Chesterfield Central Library now has four self-service terminals.
Puzzled by the change
I EAGERLY awaited the re-opening of the town centre library, but was desperately disappointed to find that jigsaw puzzles are no longer available “because there is nowhere to put them,” an unbelievable excuse.
Thanks for help in snow
I just wanted to praise the young men who helped me on St Augustines Road (off Derby Road) on a Saturday night when the snow started to cause problems!
Markham name should command local respect
We are fortunate in Stanfree to be blessed by the fortnightly visit of a mobile library.
Under a century of sweets
It is not correct that the Trebor Factory, on Brimington Road, ‘was famous for making sweets for more than a century...’ (Derbyshire Times, February 2).
Why improve homes people can’t afford?
FOR years under the last government, a big chunk of money totalling millions, collected by the local council from its rent payers, who live in council housing, was taken off the housing department and spent in other parts of the country.
Waste of cash
I personally think it is wrong to be paid £750 to kick cigarettes while pregnant (Derbyshire Times, Feb 2).
Kind motorist
On a Sunday evening my husband and I were walking home from church in Moorland View Road.
Police advised to form Neighbourhood Watch
I read with interest the report on the latest ‘police weapon’ by Jon Cooper (Derbyshire Times, February 9) and the crime incident map.
Kind driver
This morning the No77 bus stopped to pick up outside the library in Creswell and unfortunately a lady who travels regularly on this route was ill and unable to get on the bus.
Protect our children
FOR quite some time now, I have requested improved safety for the 2- to 4½-year-old children attending Newbold Parish Church Pre School Nursery, at the Eagle Club on St Johns Road. This pre-school has been in existence for over 40 years.
Disgust over dirty dogs
I would like to express my disgust and concern about the dog faeces that appear regularly on the pavement on Old Hall Road.
Litter shame
WHAT is clearly evident after recent winter months is just how much litter is blighting our towns, cities, villages and countryside alike.
Like Ali v Foreman
Watching the Chesterfield-Oldham 2nd leg match put me in mind of the famous Ali v Foreman fight of 1974.
Market horse could be a great river attraction
I’m surprised, I have not heard the following ideas about how Ben could contribute to the New Chesterfield we are about to see.
Faller’s aid
On Saturday, January 28, my daughter had an accident and hurt her head near the Vicar Lane car-park, Chesterfield.
Praise youth
Let’s all thank and praise the young and the not so young, people who marched through Chesterfield to protest against County Council plans to close youth centres.
Short memory on blue boxes
On the subject of Blue Boxes, it is Alan Craw (Derbyshire Times, Feb 2) who has the short memory.
Doesn’t sit well
On reading your article on Renishaw Hall, I just had to reply. It may not be as eloquent as I would have wished but it is coming from the heart.
Lights cost is ‘scandalous’
With regards the new traffic lights at Hasland, and the consequent disruption to the traffic flow, if the ‘five accidents in five years’ were all of a minor nature, what on Earth was the rationale for spending £15,000 on this project?
1 commentThink again on cuts to youth service
I ATTENDED the Stakeholders meeting set up by Derbyshire County Council regarding the Youth Service, which they are about to dismantle, and I am alarmed.
Balance
I would like to thank the instructors and helpers who took our Otago strength and balance class at Walton Hospital.
Better ways to spend cash
I think it is totally wrong that the NHS should be paying pregnant mothers to quit smoking as if the NHS has money just to throw away.
Backing the campaign to save youth services
I SUPPORT the campaign to retain the County’s Youth Services.
Battlefield trips
Each year the Lancs and Yorks Historical Society organises pilgrimages to the Battlefields of the First World War.
Pregnancy itself should be incentive to quit smoking
I read your article regarding mothers-to-be being paid to quit smoking with utter disbelief and dismay.
1 commentProper plan needed to recover from austerity
It’s a grim time for Derbyshire – 600 jobs and £25m cut from County Council.
Shirebrook is among the best for improving pupils
Following on from your coverage of the school GCSE league tables last week, I wish to thank my staff and former pupils of Shirebrook Academy for demonstrating that students who come here make more progress than anywhere else in the county.
Countryside plagued by horses not bikers
You published a letter from Mrs Stubbs, of Peak Horse Power (Times Talk, January 6) detailing how “off-road” motorcyclists are both a small minority and a growing menace.
1 commentThigh high man
I have followed with interest the Derbyshire Times’ coverage of traffic chaos in Hasland.
Flown the Co-op
I live in Hasland but have started doing my midweek top-up shop at Tesco, on Derby Road, instead of the Co-op where I used to go. Parking is a nightmare – reversing out of those parking spaces is impossible due to the queue of traffic. Getting into a space is impossible as well. Tesco, on Derby road, has parking.
Road planners need to be more receptive
Your article on January 19 reported the problems caused by the new road layout and lights at Hasland.
1 commentDon’t take away shop
I read a story in the DT (Jan 26) about demolishing Hady Social Club. Have Chesterfield Borough Council in their wisdom considered the residents?
Uncertain future for ambulance workers
As reported in the Derbyshire Times, East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) lost the tender to run non-emergency ambulance services to Arriva Passenger Services and NSL Ltd.
Forced to stay in a rental rut
With reference to Mr Barnes’s letter that times are not that tough for first-time buyers, I think there must be a typing error in his claim that you can secure a good three-bedroom semi-detached home for only £85,000!
A waste of water
We are well into recycling now here in Clowne and there is no problem with our shiny new burgundy bins.
1 commentBlue boxes, blown paper and such short memories
Open top blue boxes for paper waste that have now been superceded by the blue bins are rightly consigned to history.
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