http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/ View reader letters to the Huddersfield Examiner newspaper. Opinion and discussion on local events and your news. en-gb http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/alan-marriott-of-longwood-harriers-won-the-discus-and-shot-putt-in-the-first-of-four-northern-athletics-track-and-field-league-meetings-at-quibell-park-scunthorpe-86081-20918917/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/alan-marriott-of-longwood-harriers-won-the-discus-and-shot-putt-in-the-first-of-four-northern-athletics-track-and-field-league-meetings-at-quibell-park-scunthorpe-86081-20918917/ David Dempsey, competing in his first season as a junior man, won the pole vault and long jump against the seniors, while Chris Sampson won the B String in both the hammer and shot. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/thanks-for-the-memories-86081-20920383/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/thanks-for-the-memories-86081-20920383/ WHAT a lovely surprise when I saw, in Memory Lane in the Examiner, Thursday May 8, a photograph of Miss Melissa Lumb in 1954 going on a trip to America. Miss Lumb was an old friend of my grandmother (they were bridesmaids) and I made an immediate phone call to my mum to tell her and we are sending the article to her twin sister in Nottingham. Many thanks. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/plugging-the-euro-gap-86081-20920385/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/plugging-the-euro-gap-86081-20920385/ WHEN Europhobes say we should leave the EU they forget to tell us a few things. Around four millions British jobs depend directly on the EU, with probably millions more depending indirectly on all those jobs, and we gain £100bn a year in trade. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/thanks-for-your-honesty-86081-20920386/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/thanks-for-your-honesty-86081-20920386/ I WOULD like to thank the young lady who handed my handbag into Huddersfield Police Station on Friday, May 13 after I’d left it on No 83 bus Denby Dale to Huddersfield. Thank you. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/park-at-your-peril-86081-20920387/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/park-at-your-peril-86081-20920387/ I WOULD like to inform the people of Huddersfield of what I consider to be a scam. The company below operate a parking enforcement service for the retailers at the Castlegate Retail Park, St John’s Road. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/cause-of-blindness-86081-20920388/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/cause-of-blindness-86081-20920388/ GLAUCOMA is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the UK today. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/suffering-from-the-station-steps-86081-20920389/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/suffering-from-the-station-steps-86081-20920389/ I’M 82, bad tempered, and I’m as stiff as a bl***y board. Why you may ask? I visited our wonderful station yesterday morning and left by the front steps as I have been doing for more years than I care to remember. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/why-st-george-should-be-tackling-the-problems-caused-by-smoking-86081-20920391/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/16/why-st-george-should-be-tackling-the-problems-caused-by-smoking-86081-20920391/ MAY I respond to your front page (May 14) about St George campaigning for smokers’ rights? http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/service-with-a-smile-86081-20913691/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/service-with-a-smile-86081-20913691/ WHATEVER happened to customer service? Or even basic common courtesy? http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/post-office-fight-continues-86081-20913693/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/post-office-fight-continues-86081-20913693/ WE recently saw the final chance for a reprieve of the Post Office network when Parliament voted not to support a motion calling for a suspension to the closures while the widely criticised closure programme was reconsidered. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/time-to-repeal-this-act-86081-20913701/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/time-to-repeal-this-act-86081-20913701/ HAS the time arrived for Parliament to consider repealing the Human Rights Act, as it is having an effect on the British way of life. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/live-debate-on-deadwaters-86081-20913702/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/live-debate-on-deadwaters-86081-20913702/ I WAS having a drink with a friend called Gary Cullen and his two sons, who had lived on St Thomas’ Road at Folly Hall most of their lives, when the question arose as to why was it also known as “Deadwaters.” Nobody knew the answer. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/blooming-good-day-86081-20913703/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/blooming-good-day-86081-20913703/ WHAT a fantastic Golcar Lily Day for all the community of Golcar on Saturday. Many events were taking place all round the village. The musical entertainment was excellent. It showed what good entertainers we have locally. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/ancient-ruin-86081-20913704/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/ancient-ruin-86081-20913704/ YOUR headline “Fire ruins mill” (Examiner May 12) left me speechless. The mill in question, Meltham Mills on Meltham Mills Road, has been in that state for the last 12 years at least! http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/another-case-of-one-rule-for-us-and-another-for-them-86081-20913707/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/15/another-case-of-one-rule-for-us-and-another-for-them-86081-20913707/ LAST Saturday it was made clearer to me than ever how much the moral majority is being overruled by minorities. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/political-look-alikes-86081-20907248/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/political-look-alikes-86081-20907248/ JUST some comments on Denis Kilcommons’ observations regarding New Labour PM Blair's millionaire lifestyle (“Megabucks Tony”, Diary, May 9). http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/circus-tip-top-86081-20907249/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/circus-tip-top-86081-20907249/ WE went to see the Chinese Circus in Greenhead Park on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon and it was absolutely brilliant. Some of the acts were unbelievable and we enjoyed every minute. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/shady-nook-required-86081-20907250/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/shady-nook-required-86081-20907250/ CAN anyone out there amongst the far-flung Examiner readership help a prone Papworth? http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/saving-our-bacon-86081-20907251/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/saving-our-bacon-86081-20907251/ IN his tirade against the bacon trade (Mailbag, May 7), John Keswell of Viva tell us that pigs “need saving”. What for exactly, if we’re not going to eat them? http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/litres-more-tax-86081-20907252/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters/2008/05/14/litres-more-tax-86081-20907252/ DENIS KILCOMMONS claims (Diary May 9) that the Chancellor takes 66p from every gallon of fuel. The amount the Chancellor takes is actually 66p from every litre.