THE day that Stanley Inniss passed away was a very sad one for Huddersfield.

His funeral was on April 15, 2013. Stanley was born in Barbados and moved to Huddersfield in 1955. Since then he has involved himself deeply in the life of the town.

Stanley had been a member of many voluntary, community and statutory organisations locally, regionally and nationally and worked very hard to create community cohesion and improve the quality of life for the residents of Kirklees.

He cared deeply about bringing people together and ensuring good relations between different cultural groups. He was a deeply principled man.

Stanley loved cricket and played for various clubs all over Yorkshire. He was always very polite, courteous, pleasant, and optimistic.

He was a very kind and warm hearted man who would do anything to help anybody. He had a marvellous sense of humour and used this to help him to reach out to people and to break down barriers.

Stanley had a very positive effect on the lives of many people, both in Huddersfield and in the wider region.

I knew Stanley for the last 30 years and I have never met anybody like him.

He was a unique person who will be badly missed and fondly remembered by all who knew him.

God bless him.

Jamil Akhtar

Ex Kirklees Councillor

Surface problem

ON MONDAY April 15 was in the centre of Huddersfield when I saw a lady fall to the ground.

She was assisted by other shoppers and myself. I walked her to her bus stop and made sure she was ok.

I then had a look at the area where she fell and noted the road surface was not up to standard.

It is very disappointing to see road surfaces in the town centre not up to scratch and causing unnecessary harm to people going about their business.

Paddy Hynes

golcar

Changing nature

My friend Richard Stott (Examiner, April 16) says of recent snowfalls: “I don’t see how anyone doesn’t believe in global warming and climate change”.

In the same article is a photograph from 1967 showing just the same conditions above Slaithwaite. (By the way, the planet stopped warming in 1997).

Occasionally the Examiner publishes a photo from about 1947 of a house in Holme with a snow drift up to the guttering. This was seven years after the end of the 1930s – the warmest decade of the 20th century, caused by everyone jetting off on holiday to Florida.

Go back to the 1700s to the Thames Frost Fairs – bonfires in the middle of the river the ice was so thick during the Little Ice Age. Scientists believe that dirty coal-fired power stations were responsible.

500 years further back still and the country enjoyed the Mediaeval Warm Period, for which 4x4-driving peasants were to blame.

And in Roman times grapes were grown in the North to make wine with. Almost certainly that warm period was caused by all the Centurions having inefficient wood-fuelled hot baths and not insulating their hypocausts properly.

Nature changes the climate, not mankind – live with it.

Richard Huddleston

West Slaithwaite

Have some pride

AS the snow clears and the weather gets better I’m looking forward to my regular walks in Huddersfield and the surrounding areas.

I would appeal to all the litter louts and dog owners to make an effort and have some pride in your local environment.

P HYNES

Golcar

Causing concern

I AM in total agreement with Mr P Holmes regarding the public toilets issue (Monday, April 15).

I for one most certainly agree with his comments. Unfortunately I take water tablets daily for a health complaint. I am therefore restricted to going around town in fear of being prosecuted for urinating on a public highway.

Fortunately I must rely on local bookmakers and their permission to use their facilities on many occasions.

In addition to that, my wife and I had an appointment in town, afterwards visiting a well know burger chain outlet for a drink and to use their facilities.

I was told there were no downstairs toilets, not even a disabled one. I had to go to Peters store, use their lift and toilets as quickly as I could. Surely this situation where there are no public toilets should not be allowed.

I therefore hope that this much debated problem never happens to the people concerned.

V THORNTON

Dalton

Not to be banked on

TOOK our bottles to local bottle bank, full and overflowing. Put them back in car boot.

Next time I went to Slaithwaite, took the bottles to bottle bank, almost full.

How far do Kirklees Council, in their wisdom, think we are going to travel to get rid of said bottles?

Time, expensive, petrol and not very green. No wonder I hear the merry tinkle of broken glass when grey bins are emptied in our street (not everyone).

MRS R A TAYLOR

Linthwaite

Worst excesses

BARONESS Thatcher’s funeral was turned into a state-funded jamboree for the Tory Party.

The Bishop of Grantham said that spending £10 million of public money to glorify her legacy, in the month benefits are cut and tax cuts are handed to the rich, is ‘asking for trouble’.

It’s the stuff of Alice in Wonderland absurdity, with a funeral of regal dimensions and Big Ben silenced.

I was sickened to learn that here, in Huddersfield, the flag on the town hall was at half mast.

Not content with pulling off a triumph for the establishment and the Tory Party, Cameron proclaimed, ‘We’re all Thatcherite now!’

But we must make sure that Thatcher’s legacy is not re-written because it was her leadership that sowed the seeds of the current crisis.

Her free market policies, far from saving the country, led to some of the worst excesses by the rich that triggered the recession and now they want us to pay for it!

George Osborne has been warned again by the IMF that austerity is not working. But in fact, it is working very nicely for the rich. As long as the Government succeeds in driving down wages, cutting welfare etc and getting us to blame each other into the bargain, they will continue to laugh all the way to the bank.

June Jones

Kirklees Axe the Tax