I read with interest and pleasure Don Jones’ excellent article ‘County must embrace change’ (June 26). I’m the director quoted in it. I support the project wholeheartedly and I support it because Devizes needs a well thought out and considered community
In response to last week’s letter from Mr Bob Pawsey it is appropriate to point out that visitors to Marlborough for the Jazz Festival will be able to enjoy the new surface on the High Street, which was resurfaced earlier this year at a cost of about
May I point out that the empty school building in Bath Road, Devizes that is likely to be saved from demolition dates from 1906, not the 1870s, as stated in your report. The date is over the main door. People living in the vicinity will be delighted
Conservative councillor Sheila Parker says she wants responsible behaviour and accuracy. Here are both. The Conservatives have been in control of our county for 13 years. They have had the responsibility as to how money is spent. During that time they
Regarding the article in the last week’s Gazette and Herald on Wiltshire Museum in Devizes and the crop circle exhibition. I am shocked that an organisation that calls itself a museum is prepared to allow an exhibition which is factually incorrect
On Sunday taking the dog for a walk I was amazed to find the Devizes Town Council gang mower and tractor busily cutting away at the grass on the old cricket pitch near Drews Park. It was absolutely splendid work being done by the council employee
In the Letter of the Week (June 26), Peter Fletcher questions the length of time parking is allowed in the Market Place in Devizes. I am retired and live within seven minutes’ walk from there. I always go on foot to do my shopping, visit the bank etc
I would like to say a big thank you to all the people who bought lucky dip tickets at 25p a go. The pitch cost me £25 but at the end of the day before the rain came down all I made for the cats was £5! It was the worst amount I have ever made.
Oh dear, Mr Myers of the Urchfont Community Speed Watch Group (July 3) does seem to jump from one extreme hypothetical example to another. However, the bottom line surely is that he has every right, and is quite entitled, to break the law if he
Do the people of Devizes know how lucky we all are, having those lovely big parking spaces for the tourist buses in New Park Street? Has anyone seen a tourist bus parked in one of these spaces? Was any consideration given to local residents when
It was amusing to read MP James Gray’s comments in your last issue regarding the debate over the future of the fire service. For a son of the manse – as he is – to to state that “he does not know Graham Payne from Santa Claus” is disingenuous in the
I do agree with Jane Horsell’s letter in last week’s Gazette & Herald regarding the road resufacing in Cocklebury Road but contract work at the college could break it all up again, like when the extended car park and walling at the station work
On behalf of Doorway, the Wiltshire charity, I would like to thank everyone in Malmesbury who supported our street collection and cake stall on Friday, June 20. The street collection raised £167.56 and the cake stall contributed a further £131
I have been following the plans by Hills to increase the MRF facility (rubbish processing) at Compton Bassett for at least two years. There seem to have been endless applications sent to the planning committee but all have been withdrawn at the last
Windmill Cottage, Kings Road, Market Lavington, will join the Open Gardens scheme on Friday, July 18 from 2-5pm. Admission to the acre of cottage-style gardens owned by Rupert and Gill Wade is £3. Homemade teas will be available and dogs are
Students took part in an eight-mile sponsored walk through Savernake Forest to raise funds for St John’s School’s all-weather pitch. The walk involved 1,000 pupils from years 7 to 10 and 140 members of staff, who all finished the challenge within
A COMMEMORATIVE book about the First World War in Worton and Marston is one of a number of local projects to have been awarded funding by Devizes Area Board. The board agreed to give £150 to the project to help produce an 80-page booklet giving
French and English works of art were on display in a spectacular exhibition of creativity in West Lavington Village Hall. The exhibition was staged after a “progressive dinner” held by West Lavington Twinning Association in honour of French visitors
Mums in villages near Malmesbury have no excuse for not keeping fit after a toddler group launched a class. Now mums can get back in shape while their children play during the 45 minutes before Lea and Charlton Toddler Group gets properly underway
Pupils from Hardenhuish School, Chippenham, beat fierce competition to win the combined technology and language challenge held in Marlborough on June 3. For the challenge, held at St John’s School, pupils had to create a natural disaster aid pack
A role play wedding organised by Collingbourne Ducis Primary School went down a storm with pupils who dressed up in their best clothes for the occasion. Children aged six to seven, from Hedgehog Class, attended the wedding at St Andrew’s Church
Youngsters preparing to go on to secondary school have learned about teamwork from the Red Arrows. The Royal Air Force display team sent literature about itself for a project run at Five Lanes Primary School in Worton and involving senior youth
The week began with torrential storms, accompanied by thunder, lightning and hailstones! The rest of the week, I am pleased to say, was much quieter, with plenty of warm sunshine. It has, however, been an eventful time. Early on Thursday morning
If you had trouble with runner beans, either finding plants to buy or growing them from seed, do not despair. There have been problems this year, mostly to do with the viability of the seed, and the growers have been having a tricky time themselves
I am sure that many readers of this fair tome found the comment of one of the contributors to the letters page suggesting prioritising the funding of Chippenham Folk Festival instead of contributing to the likes of Doorway (the Chippenham homeless
Three days of community arts are heading to Chippenham, headlined by international touring troupe of clowns Le Navet Bete. Chippenham Community Arts Festival will take place from July 18 to 20. It follows the inuagural Chippenham Drama Festival
