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Letters: Local recycling is just rubbish

24 October 2019
Letters: Local recycling is just rubbish

Letters: Local recycling is just rubbish

24 October 2019

SIR — It had to kick off sooner or later down this neck of the woods on just how bad our local authorities are at recycling. I refer to your recent article…


Letters: Why I'll be wearing a white poppy this Remembrance Day

18 October 2019
Letters: Why I'll be wearing a white poppy this Remembrance Day

Letters: Why I'll be wearing a white poppy this Remembrance Day

18 October 2019

SIR — For Remembrance Day this year, I will be wearing a white poppy alongside the red one. Why? Because if we do genuinely care about the service personnel…


Letters: Never forget nature’s beauty

17 October 2019
Letters: Never forget nature’s beauty

Letters: Never forget nature’s beauty

17 October 2019

SIR — I was delighted to walk into St Thomas’s Church on Saturday. It was full of the most exquisite flower displays, as part of the Lymington Flower…


Letters: American, commercial and scary - we're getting Halloween all wrong

10 October 2019
Letters: American, commercial and scary - we're getting Halloween all wrong

Letters: American, commercial and scary - we're getting Halloween all wrong

10 October 2019

SIR - Hallowe’en is nowadays observed, sadly, in American secular, even pagan fashion as ‘Trick or Treat’ where impious children, dressed in the most…


Letters: Was dog walker's roadside parking verging on the ridiculous?

10 October 2019
Letters: Was dog walker's roadside parking verging on the ridiculous?

Letters: Was dog walker's roadside parking verging on the ridiculous?

10 October 2019

SIR - I had an interesting conversation with a fellow dog walker this week. He had parked his car right by a Forestry England sign requesting that people…


Letters: Where have the 'Do not feed the ponies' signs gone?

03 October 2019
Letters: Where have the 'Do not feed the ponies' signs gone?

Letters: Where have the 'Do not feed the ponies' signs gone?

03 October 2019

SIR - I used to live in the New Forest and remember the signs ‘Do not feed the ponies. Penalty £25’. Recently, walking my dog at Moyles Court , I spoke…


Letters: Drivers should be ashamed of the 'Lymington kiss'

03 October 2019
Letters: Drivers should be ashamed of the 'Lymington kiss'

Letters: Drivers should be ashamed of the 'Lymington kiss'

03 October 2019

SIR - My wife and I have owned a Honda since 2009. It was bought in immaculate condition having been owned by the son of the owner of a Honda garage. It…


Letters: Why are only cyclists blamed for damaging the Forest?

26 September 2019
Letters: Why are only cyclists blamed for damaging the Forest?

Letters: Why are only cyclists blamed for damaging the Forest?

26 September 2019

SIR - After reading Lucie Rowe's letter in last week's edition reminding off-road cyclists that "the Forest is not an open cycle track", I found myself…


Letters: Why do we tolerate the dreadful traffic of Lyndhurst?

26 September 2019
Letters: Why do we tolerate the dreadful traffic of Lyndhurst?

Letters: Why do we tolerate the dreadful traffic of Lyndhurst?

26 September 2019

SIR - Another summer has passed… and with it, the inevitable yet needless traffic congestion which continues to haunt the beautiful village of Lyndhurst. It…


Letters: No need for Lymington Quay ‘re-energising’

19 September 2019
Letters: No need for Lymington Quay ‘re-energising’

Letters: No need for Lymington Quay ‘re-energising’

19 September 2019

SIR — I grew up in Lymington and am writing in response to the Lymington and Pennington Town Council’s advertisement in relation to the current Town Quay…


Letters: Off-road cycling is ruining the New Forest

19 September 2019
Letters: Off-road cycling is ruining the New Forest

Letters: Off-road cycling is ruining the New Forest

19 September 2019

SIR — May I, through the medium of your letters page, remind your readers that off-road cycling in the New Forest is not permitted. As a commoner, pony…


Letters: Lymington's traffic problem could be solved with one-way solution

12 September 2019
Letters: Lymington's traffic problem could be solved with one-way solution

Letters: Lymington's traffic problem could be solved with one-way solution

12 September 2019

SIR - Having read Jon Ellis’s letter on 30th August (A&T, Town must get traffic calming) I thought I must reply as I totally agree - something must…


Letters: Remainers aren't traitors - we just want a plan for Brexit

05 September 2019
Letters: Remainers aren't traitors - we just want a plan for Brexit

Letters: Remainers aren't traitors - we just want a plan for Brexit

05 September 2019

SIR - It was amusing to see the Three Stooges on page 2 of last Friday's A&T ( MPs back Johnson’s parliament shutdown ). One is used to hearing Sir…


Letters: Brexit border issue could be solved by reuniting Ireland

05 September 2019
Letters: Brexit border issue could be solved by reuniting Ireland

Letters: Brexit border issue could be solved by reuniting Ireland

05 September 2019

SIR - The reaction of too many MPs to the suspension of parliament shows they are not democrats. They must obey the instruction from the electorate to…


Letters: Why are green campaigners silent on Chinese and Indian coal power?

29 August 2019
Letters: Why are green campaigners silent on Chinese and Indian coal power?

Letters: Why are green campaigners silent on Chinese and Indian coal power?

29 August 2019

Sir - Isn't it odd that so many Western governments seem to agree that there is now a global "climate emergency" and yet you hear of no pressure being…


Letters: My town has changed - I wish we could turn the clock back

29 August 2019
Letters: My town has changed - I wish we could turn the clock back

Letters: My town has changed - I wish we could turn the clock back

29 August 2019

SIR - Is it my age, nostalgia or am I too sensitive but in my opinion New Milton and Barton have changed beyond recognition and sadly, for me, not for…


Letters: How will Boris Johnson pay for all his promises?

22 August 2019
Letters: How will Boris Johnson pay for all his promises?

Letters: How will Boris Johnson pay for all his promises?

22 August 2019

SIR - Exaltation of the new prime minister by the chairman of South West Tories Peter Booth is no surprise. He belongs to the tiny minority of voters…


Letters: Sort out Quay Hill crossing before an accident happens

22 August 2019
Letters: Sort out Quay Hill crossing before an accident happens

Letters: Sort out Quay Hill crossing before an accident happens

22 August 2019

SIR – I would like to comment on your article in the edition of 25th July about calls for a crossing at the bottom of Quay Hill in Lymington. When I walked…


Letters: Too fast and too furious - I dread Beaulieu car events

22 August 2019
Letters: Too fast and too furious - I dread Beaulieu car events

Letters: Too fast and too furious - I dread Beaulieu car events

22 August 2019

SIR - I read your article ‘Stupid Forest supercar parade criticised’ in last week’s edition with interest. The photograph confirmed my observations on…


Letters: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hit the ground running

16 August 2019
Letters: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hit the ground running

Letters: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hit the ground running

16 August 2019

SIR - Boris Johnson has hit the ground running as prime minister and his announcements on policing and crime are particularly welcome. The highlight will…


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