Letters
Letter: Barrier system is the solution
Yet again parking in Jengers Mead at Billingshurst has made the pages of the County Times.
1 commentLetter: Queen Street in the 1940s
On seeing the photograph in last week’s County Times of Queen Street, Horsham, in bygone days it brought back many childhood memories.
Letter: Impact of school redevelopment
I am writing with regard to the proposed development at Millais School in Horsham.
Letter: Blood donation is still important
Blood donors will be recognised all over the world as internationally acknowledged World Blood Donor Day is set to take place on Friday June 14.
Letter: Great honour
Through your newspaper, I should like to express my sincere thanks to the residents of Holbrook who supported me during the past four years and at the West Sussex County Council election. It is a great honour to again be re-elected to represent the division and I look forward to serving you all for the next four years.
Letter: Thanks for votes
I would like to thank the many people who voted for me and other Liberal Democrats in the West Sussex County Council elections on May 2, whether they always vote Liberal Democrat, or normally vote for other parties.
Letter: Genuine support for Localism?
While Ministers have emphasised in the wake of local elections that they are now listening, Horsham MP Francis Maude has not so far responded to various requests for time to allow Local and Neighbourhood Plans to be completed.
Letter: Maude’s failure to deliver hospital
There is one issue that Horsham MP Francis Maude has championed over the years; that is, of course, the call from his constituents for a world class, acute hospital.
Letter: Spotlight on the UKIP councillors
It’s time to put UKIP on the spot. The party picked up several council seats in Sussex and now the spotlight should be trained on its policies.
Letter: Distorting effects of voting system
The arrival of four-party politics in England, and the distorting effects of the ‘first-past-the-post’ voting system, are woefully exemplified in West Sussex.
Letter: Collection point is overlooked?
With regard to your article on green bin waste collections in Greenfields Close, Horsham. I live in Greenfields Close and have never had any problem with collection of my green bin waste.
Letter: Many issues that must be tackled
What is going on with our councils - no-one has a good word to say about them!
LETTER: Obstructions can never be ‘safe’
The purpose of double yellow lines is to prevent parking where it would cause obstruction or danger, or both.
LETTER: School visit treat
We had another treat when Forest School pupils came to Lavinia House with teachers to entertain us.
LETTER: Garden decline
Ten years ago ‘Friends’ of New Street Garden was formed, to improve the Horsham garden from its abandoned state.
LETTER: Popular contest
The Rotary Club of Horsham would like to thank the 24 shops in Horsham that participated in this year’s Great Easter Bunny Hunt Competition during the Easter holidays.
LETTER: Prejudicial to proper planning
Mike Dancy’s letter last week set out succinctly how the proposed ‘Express Store’ would generate a very significant increase in traffic flow, leading to queues in St Leonard’s Road at its junction with Brighton Road, Horsham. Road safety would also be compromised.
LETTER: Distrust of the planning system
This is an open letter to Horsham MP Francis Maude.
1 commentLETTER: Traffic wardens as ambassadors
Many thanks for using my response to the continuing parking problems on the front page of the County Times (Horsham edition).
LETTER: U-turn on night parking charges
I enclose a cutting from my sister’s local paper. How nice it would be for it to be repeated in yours! Perhaps the folk of Suffolk have more about them than we in Sussex.
LETTER: Apathy Party is overall winner
In over 30 years living in Horsham I have never seen such a sycophantic, biased and badly researched comment piece by an Editor as that following the county elections on May 2.
LETTER: Church links of senior politician
The County Times’ interview with the new Horsham District Council deputy leader, Helena Croft, raised some interesting points that ought to receive further scrutiny.
LETTER: We need some economic growth
I refer to the letter ‘Housing figures are much too high’ in the County Times of April 25.
LETTER: Election concerns
Can I be the only person worried about our local elections? As a reasonably active and interested local resident I once again made voting an important part of my life, but on visiting the polling station what do you anticipate finding?
LETTER: A new force in local government
Despite an 8.76 per cent lower turnout at the 2013 West Sussex County Council elections on May 2, the results were perhaps one of the most, if not the most, interesting in recent times.
LETTER: Independent was a critical alternative
Independent candidates act as critical counter-weights to the excesses of the heavyweight political parties.
LETTER: Lack of info from some candidates
I have just been to vote in the West Sussex County Council elections and - referring to Nik Butler’s item in the County Times - I do not vote according to who ‘wears the right badge’.
LETTER: UKIP is the only party I can trust
I am over 70 and until last Thursday I had always voted Conservative in every election since I got the vote when I was 21. This time I voted UKIP because they are the only party who I can now trust and the only party who understands the real concerns of ordinary people on important things like immigration.
LETTER: Amazing total from collection
We never cease to be grateful to the people of Horsham for their generosity.
LETTER: Astonished to get penalty ticket
I was very interested to see your article about Jengers Mead car park at Billingshurst in the West Sussex County Times last week (April 25).
LETTER: Please give generously
Christian Aid Week – Sunday May 12 to Saturday May 18 - will see house-to-house collections in Cranleigh for Christian Aid.
LETTER: Measures to curb meningitis
I was touched to read that Horsham Life Saving Club has been fundraising for good causes including Emily Darbyshire, who was left disabled after battling meningitis, encephalitis and septicaemia in 2006.
LETTER: Helena Croft interview
I read Theo Cronin’s article on Helena Croft and his repeated joke about her age. I wonder if this is the type of treatment a male politician would receive.
LETTER: Disappointing journalism
What a disappointing piece of ‘journalism’ by County Times news editor Theo Cronin in the paper on April 25.
LETTER: Safe and loving homes for young
Foster Care Fortnight runs this year from Monday May 13 to Sunday May 26.
LETTER: Great memories of maternity unit
I read the article about the Horsham Maternity Unit and the picture is brilliant!
LETTER: Huge demand on A&E departments
Accident and Emergency Departments all over the country have seen huge numbers of patients over the long and cold winter, but demand has continued to be high in spring.
LETTER: Site worries still unchanged
Not everyone shares your enthusiasm for the proposed development at Barns Green, while the level of support for the project as stated by two Conservative councillors has been grossly exaggerated.
LETTER: Keep the hospital dream alive
With reference to your leading prose ‘new hospital for Horsham dies’. This dream will only die if the community allows it, so may I say to Horsham MP Francis Maude do not give up on your constituents and continue to support them.
LETTER: Concerns over store project
Last week Horsham District Council (HDC) received five minor planning applications for the conversion of the old Silver Wok site in Brighton Road, Horsham, to become a Tesco Express Store.
LETTER: Campaign for wonderful unit
I was interested in the article about the Maternity Unit at Horsham Hospital in last week’s County Times.
LETTER: Key questions for clinical groups
Very many years ago, at its inception, the NHS was organised along the lines of what the medical profession wanted.
LETTER: Wise judgement by local GPs
I have just read Christian Mitchell’s comments (first published on the County Times website 21.04.2013) regarding the new hospital. He claims that the people of Horsham have campaigned for 15 years for a new hospital.
LETTER: Focus now on best possible facilities
Now we know that despite the honourable attempt by our local MP to get a new hospital for Horsham, potentially on the back of some ‘incentive’ from developers, it is as many of us suspected, unlikely to happen.
LETTER: Climate campaign targeting banks
The ongoing concern about the effects of climate change means it is necessary to continue to press for remedial actions.
LETTER: Time to challenge the inspectorate
The Planning Inspectorate has over-ruled Horsham District Council’s refusal of an application to build 46 houses on countryside east of Daux Avenue at Billingshurst.
1 commentLETTER: Travel costs for signing on unfair
One aspect of the welfare system that needs a little more scrutiny is the Jobseekers Allowance.
3 commentsLETTER: Stamps support guide dog work
I would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who has sent me used postage stamps in the past year.
LETTER: MP should back more local clinics
This idea of building a new hospital between Horsham and Crawley is a ploy to build more houses, which we do not need in Horsham.
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