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Kure servicemen

ON behalf of the Kure City Council History Library, Japan, I am anxious to make contact with anybody who served in the Kure area from late 1945 to 1956 as a member of the British army, navy or air force.

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Street lights

MAY I endorse Neon Reynolds’ comments on the continued street lighting on the old A30.

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Kerbside recycling

I AM at a loss to understand Ann Keelan’s reasoning for wanting her rubbish collected every week, rather than fortnightly (Letters, September 2).

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A chair who shows bias is a menace

I WAS accused last week in your columns of being out of date in my insistence on the need for mayors of local authorities to be impartial in public and in council discussions.

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I prefer weekly collections

WE are all about to suffer the results of yet another ‘rubbish’ decision from West Devon Borough Council.

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Oh, for the days with a minimum of delay and fuss

I HAVE recently been a victim of the automated phone scam.

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Why Cornwall was the engine for the revolution

WHY is it that everybody has heard of James Watt, watching a kettle boiling on the hob and thereby inventing the steam engine? A complete fabrication.

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Evening was a fabulous success for breast cancer charity

I WOULD like to take the opportunity to thank all the lovely ladies who attended the Ladies Night on Wednesday August 4 at Yelverton Golf Club, and especially those who gave up their time to provide a variety of lovely stalls for the night.

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Has West?Devon not moved with the times?

I REALLY must take issue with Dick Eberlie’s comments (Letters, August 12) about the role of the mayor.

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Is this England — or Wonderland?

SINCE your article on street lighting on the old A30 this subject and my brief appearance on BBC Spotlight some months ago, I am constantly being asked what is being done to rectify the incredibly wasteful situation where ghastly orange street lights are spewing out light on to empty fields along the stretch of this road between Sourton and Lewdown.

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Missing a man of great humanity

I WOULD like to thank all the people who sent cards and messages to Martin, following the printing of his letter informing friends and customers of his change of address when he retired from GT Printers, St James Street, to his new home in Wales.

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Waxing lyrical about candles . . .

WE are very lucky in Okehampton we have butchers, bakers, but, alas, we have no candlestick makers!
Perhaps someone could take over one of the many empty shops in the town.

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Grey, municipal planners should not have the say . . . Votes should be recorded

MARGARET Garton does not wish to be tarred with the same brush as Diana Moyse (Letters August 4), so it is heartening to see that some councillors have begun to realise that there is considerable public disillusionment over the way the core strategy process has been handled.

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Why there is reason for mayor to be impartial

MAY I offer comment on the role of the mayor of West Devon on which questions have been asked in your columns recently?
Every mayor has two jobs.

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Many borough members are tired of this issue

ONCE again Cllr Moyse, chairman of the future planning and housing committee and deputy leader of the Conservative Group on West Devon chooses to involve the public in her political groups internecine warfare over the substitution of its members for the vote on the core strategy (Letters,August 5).

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Kick-off!Here we go again . . .

IT seems like only yesterday that the last football season ended and here we are again.

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Any Macmillan memories?

AS Macmillan Cancer Support was founded in 1911 we are currently planning for our centenary next year.

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Time to look at evening activity for the over 50s

IN response to the letter published on July 29 which bemoaned the fact that many activities for the over 50s in Okehampton take place during the daytime, Id like to say that the Oke-dokey social group which was referred to was carefully planned as a daytime activity in response to a specific need that was known to exist.

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