YOUR Weekend Examiner article (April 10) ‘Hopes of big spending should be dispelled’ proved a timely reminder by Dean Hoyle that in these uncertain economic times we all should avoid excessive or unnecessary expenditure.
Doubtless this was a quality which Dean Hoyle successfully exercised in his recently sold Card Factory business!
So, taking Dean Hoyle’s example of financial prudence, I have, after 40 years of supporting Town, declined to take advantage of Town’s recent 35% inflation-busting special 2010/2011 season ticket offer for pensioners in my case involving two tickets/car parking.
A sad choice, doubtless replicated by many other pensioner supporters, and not a particularly caring response to their years of loyal support.
I would suggest that replacing aged bums on seats might prove a somewhat more difficult challenge for Dean Hoyle than selling cards!
bill nicholls
Denby Dale
A Giant shadow
AS a loyal Giants supporter I have to say I was disappointed with the support they received on Sunday (or should that be lack of support?) and the support they receive in general.
They are doing extremely well in the league and are performing consistently well week in week out. So why are people not turning out to watch them?
Other top teams get a lot more home support and we seem to attract the same number of people no matter how well we are doing.
So, people of Huddersfield, come and get behind the Giants and lets make them one of the best supported sides in super league. They deserve it!
Emma Graham
Linthwaite
Another Polish tragedy
AS a war veteran originating from Poland I was shocked to hear of another disaster for Poland and its people – the death of president Lech Kaczynski.
All the tragedies of that nation, right from September 1, 1939, are still vivid in my memory from the first day suddenly three German armoured cars spraying us with bullets, making our house look like a sieve.
We miraculously survived that standing in front of it and later the civilian bombing and the Soviets’ treacherous invasion from the east.
We suffered the destruction of Warsaw, the formation of concentration camps in the West, Soviet gulags in the East, the German Gestapo, the Soviets’ secret police the NKVD, losses in the Battle of Britain, Normandy and Italy and discovery of the massacre of 4,500 Polish soldiers in Katyn Woods.
We lost our irreplaceable leader Gen Wladyslaw Sikorski in an air crash in 1943 off Gibraltar, then saw our country carved up for 50 years under Soviet rule, eventually gaining independence and joining the European Union.
Now another disaster. Most of the people who were greatly respected and who held political balance in Poland lost their lives in a similar way as in the 1943 Gibraltar tragedy.
tony sosna
Huddersfield
Road to success
ON April 6, I reported large potholes on Quarmby Road to Clr Tony Brice (Lindley Ward) who responded within hours and the problem was solved within three days.
On thanking Clr Brice, his reply was: ‘Pleased to have helped, that’s my job’. A most commendable attitude, sadly lacking in others. Good on yer Tony.
Phil Hellawell
Quarmby
A smooth finish
I MUST write in response to Dr David Hill’s letter (Mailbag, April 17). As a regular user of Manchester Road all I can say is one huge ‘thank you’ to Kirklees Highways for their speedy and necessary road works.
Manchester Road had hundreds of potholes but these have been sorted economically by either the filling in of individual holes or by the resurfacing of larger areas. I think the highways department has managed to sort the potholes at minimum cost this way rather than just resurfacing the whole road which, in turn, makes it able to move on quickly to the next road that needs it.
Well done Kirklees Highways!
Mrs S Connolly
Linthwaite
Lighting up time
SO, KMC once again shows contempt for ratepayers.
After all the rumpus and public criticism over St George’s Square, they sneak in the illumination idea which was proposed but not acted upon in the immediate aftermath of the £4m touch-up debacle.
At a time of recession, when ratepayers are having to tighten their belts in all other areas in order to make ends meet, how refreshing to see a public body proclaiming ‘crisis, what crisis?’ and spending as if tomorrow doesn’t matter.
Certainly the building will look better under floodlights. Most buildings do. But to land the ratepayers with yet another bill plus running and maintenance costs following the ongoing ones for the fountains smacks of stupidity, arrogance and a disdain for the people picking up the costs.
These are jobs which could and should have been left for more affluent times, not in the middle of the worst recession/depression in living memory.
They are certainly ones which will increase the council maintenance budgets for many years to come and at the worst possible time.
On the one hand we have a council urging its subjects to use low energy light bulbs in their homes while on the other splashing out unnecessarily on the trivial and unimportant issue of external flood lighting for buildings. Obviously profligacy still continues in all matters official at KMC.
The money would have been better spent on fixing up Huddersfield Town Hall. There are obviously a lot of slates loose in that vicinity.
John Langford
Huddersfield
Dirt in our parks
NOW the better weather is upon us, more families are using our parks and many are sitting in the green spaces.
The contentious issue now arises whether dogs should be banned from our parks. Many are running around loose and leaving a mess which is not nice if it gets on your clothes.
I know that when I take my children into a park it is a problem where they can play football without falling foul of dog mess.
Most dog owners are responsible and do the right thing but a few do not, making our play areas not a good place for recreational activity.
Our council is against banning dogs from parks, so beware of the danger. It is a fact that dog fouling is a danger to your health and can cause nasty side effects. Parks should be a safe and a clean area for children to play.
Parent
Lindley
Hiding behind trees
I AGREE with Isobel Bannister (Mailbag, April 19) in that the trees outside the Market Hall ought not to have been planted there.
They now obscure the unique and artistic ceramics which should be shown off with lighting and not obliterated from sight by unscaled, ill-conceived gardening.
Mr Corcoran
Lockwood
Legitimate posters
THOUGH he is mistaken about the rules relating to election posters, Martin Burgess (Mailbag, April 17) may be forgiven for thinking that the ‘Vote Debbie Abrahams’ placards on Meltham Road have somehow infringed Kirklees rules.
Having attended briefings and studied the regulations, Debbie’s Labour campaign team were careful to comply with Kirklees rules.
The explanation is quite simple. Posters on Kirklees lamp posts etc are permitted only after the close of nominations, which is why the other parties have now removed their posters for Parliamentary elections, but not Kirklees Council elections.
Other posters are permitted at any time, so long as they are on private property, in gardens or windows. I wonder why Martin Burgess is not equally offended by the many Tory posters on hoardings which deface our main roads.
The posters concerned in this case really are on private property, which is our garden.
Alan and Maureen Shepherd
Netherton
Go away, politicians
POLITICIANS are out in force and are trying to invade every part of my waking life.
I have to keep channel hopping when they appear on TV, all their junk mail gets filed in the green bin, I cannot buy a national paper and can’t read bits of the Examiner – but I can cope with that.
What has really angered me is the fact that these people seem to think they can use the letters page as a way to slag the other parties.
This page is for normal people who live normal lives who have to put up with mess left behind by their incompetence.
Please leave this page alone, as it has so far been the only page that I can still enjoy with out you invading it!
Vanessa Mallalieu
Quarmby
