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Letters to the Formby Times editor: 17/06/09

Why I chose to vote for the BNPRead

Strolls on the beach are not fun

WALKING on Formby beach at the end of a balmy late spring day can be a desperately depressing experience.Read

Letters to the Formby Times editor: 03/06/09

Not happy with MP’s expensesRead

I’ll claim for B&Bs and Pot Noodles

FOLLOWING recent events and the publication of an article about the current MPs’ expenses, I would like to make the following comments. When I became a councillor three years ago, I did so because I wanted to serve the community I live in. The same principle applies to the reason I am standing to be an MP.Read

Gurkhas no-show ‘contempt’

THE Sefton Central MP Claire Curtis-Thomas by not bothering to turn up for the vote on the Gurkha Bill shows in my opinion the utter contempt that she has for the her constituents, Parliament and these brave soldiers.Read

Altcar noise has become disturbing

I CONSIDER the comments and letters to date regarding the issue of noise from the Altcar training camp, may misdirect readers into thinking that the problem is one of narrow-mindedness to a perennial issue.Read

Voters don’t take kindly to bullies

I READ with interest the vitriolic and near hysterical attacks on Sefton Central LibDem Prospective MP, Richard Clein.Read

Gunfire noise is not a problem

RE: Richard Clein attempting to curtail activity on the army camp near Hightown.Read

Dock firms could be devastated

THE Government’s decision to re-organise the system of business rates for ports, including Merseyside, so that payments are backdated to April 2005 is an aberration which must be wiped out.Read

Still time to joke during the crunch

CAN I just thank Formby Times for bringing a smile to my face last week with the April Fool’s joke about green fire engines? (Formby Times, April 1).Read

Letters to the Formby Times editor: 02/04/09

Cllr Clein is welcome at our meetingRead

Letters to the Formby Times editor: 25/03/09

Girl Guide leaders soughtRead

Let’s do our bit for the Brownies

I DO hope the problem of the shortage of volunteers to run Rainbow and Brownie units (Formby Times, March 11) can be solved.Read

Letters to the Formby Times editor: 11/03/09

Formby has so much to offer localsRead

Letters to the Formby Times editor: 04/03/09

Big thanks to Formby’s animal fansRead

Letters to the Formby Times editor: 25/02/09

Is tourism killing off squirrels?Read

Situation is only going to get worse

THE news that Sefton Council has signed up to the evocation of the Liverpool City Region, as reported in the Formby Times of January 14, dismays me.Read

Working to preserve woodland

MANY readers will be aware of the existence of the Formby Area Committee Woodlands Monitoring Group, set up last October. What we do may be less obvious.Read

Letters to the Formby Times Editor: 04/02/09

IN view of the challenging economic circumstances businesses are finding themselves in, it is beyond belief that the Government is pushing ahead with plans to increase business rates on local firms.Read

Dog owners must take responsibility

I AM writing in response to the two letters that appeared in your paper last week. I am also disgusted at the amount of dog dirt around the streets of Formby.Read

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