Western Daily Press. . . Features/Letters

The huge price increases for gas and electricity announced by npower, which will be mimicked or even exceeded by the rest of the energy privateers, are a further argument for taking these utilities back into public ownership.

The Government response abdicates all responsibility for the rises and could have been issued by a speak-your-weight machine.

It could be summed up as: “Not me, guv. It’s their decision. Privatisation works and we’ve got a safety net for those it fails.”

On every count, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform spokeswoman, who has the dirty job of explaining the Government line, is wrong.

The “price changes” - why not shame the devil and call them price rises? - are simply a means of maintaining an unjustifiable level of shareholder dividends.

We are told the competitive market has delivered significant savings for UK consumers. Has it really? If so, why have prices zoomed by two-thirds over the past four years?

For a country that had huge oil and gas resources in the North Sea, which have been frittered away since they were handed over to transnational energy corporations, and hundreds of years of coal reserves, who should answer for the widespread fuel poverty here? The great fuel robbery is just a microcosm of the overall New Labour strategy of allowing big business to gorge itself on higher profits while working people are penalised and abused.

Michael Morton
Swindon
Wiltshire

The worst part of all this for me is the multitude of ‘middle income managers’ who were once just our ‘employees’, but that now ‘gorge’ themselves as multi-millionaires. . It’s nearly as bad as the old Soviet Union. . . The ’state managers’ have basically ’stolen’ large swathes of our nations wealth in league with the politicians I believe. . . It has been no better than it would be, privatising the local comprehensive; giving it to the teachers; and then allowing them to charge us all like the universities do when they have restored discipline.

Charles Henry

BAD BEHAVIOUR

I was shocked by recent scenes in EastEnders showing the hooligans stealing from the shop and the way they behaved towards pensioner Dot Cotton.

Surely, this type of behaviour we hear and see enough of these days on the streets of our towns.

I don’t need to wonder where they get their ideas from. You do not have to look further than the television.

Will we ever teach the young to respect other people and their belongings if we continue showing things like this as entertainment?

Name and address supplied

Editor, . Soap Operas in general have been ‘teaching’ children how to behave badly ever since that first episode of GRANGE HILL back in 1978. . They claimed it was a ‘realistic portrayal’. . . What utter rot. . It was just a grotesque ‘Cartoon’. . It’s then they planted the first seeds of the ‘Bedlam’ and indiscipline that now characterises large swathes of British schooling that now passes it self off as ‘education’. . . And all these ‘producers’ do is keep patting themselves on the back, like drug dealers and pimps, as they keep feeding the nations ‘Habit’.

Charles Henry

HOME IS BEST FOR MADDIE

With reference to Mr Heathcliffe’s letter, “More concerned over the parents” (Your Say, January 21), of course, everyone is concerned for Gerry and Kate McCann, but more so for little Madeleine. . . cond.

Sorry, I’m not concerned for the McCanns. They should never have left their children alone. And quite frankly, I’m sick to death of the media circus they seem to command.

Anon, Bristol

PARENTS AT FAULT . . cond.

Why haven’t the McCanns been prosecuted for abandoning their children? They should not have left them unattended.

I, personally, am fed up with the news about them.

R Poole, Bridgwater

This isn’t about the ‘McCanns’. . It’s about a 4 year old little girl, Maddy who has been abducted. . R. Poole obviously wants to forget about her and doesn’t like being reminded. . . How callous is that? . . . and ‘Anon Bristol’ sums them up!

Charles Henry

Western Daily Press. . . Features/Letters

The current competition between Gordon Brown and David Cameron on who can cut the most benefit claimants is a nauseating illustration of blatant populism on their part, designed to attract the votes of a couple of thousand people who hold the balance of power in a General Election.

Political parties of all persuasions have been systematically brainwashing the British public to believe that anybody claiming benefits is a “scrounger” and as such should be treated with contempt.

The likelihood is that there are probably only a small percentage of “benefit cheats” with the remainder being totally dependent on the taxpayers’ help.

It amazes me that Mr Cameron can categorically state that his proposals will instantly remove 200,000 “rogue” claimants from the benefits system while offering no evidence to support his claim.

If he knows of 200,000 people cheating the welfare state, presumably he knows who they are, and it should be his duty to inform Peter Hain, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of their whereabouts in order that the taxpayer is not conned out of any more money! Needless to say, I am not holding my breath.

I feel so sorry for the poor workers in the public services who must wonder whether they will ever have a day free from being examined under the microscope by populist politicians vying with each other to produce the most appealing proposals.

For my part, I am more than willing for my taxes to be used to help genuine people and firmly believe that the welfare state is the best insurance policy for the majority of people in this country who will never be able to afford the cost of private insurance to cover the multitudinous ills that could befall them.

It is ironic that those who advocate reducing our public services are those least likely to use them and who will, of course, benefit from any reduction in taxation arising from by their proposed cuts.

Tony Probert
Weston-super-Mare

I wonder if Tony Probert has ever stopped to consider just why it is we need,(we are continually told), so many immigrants from poorer countries to do the ‘menial’ jobs?. . . He has obviously never been an employer. . Since time immemorial there have been slackers, skivers and cheats(in all walks of life); encouraged in the most part by Labour governments. . Then as soon as they get back into power they get their noses in the ‘trough’. . What they have never really understood is that it offends the hardworking, no matter what their station in life. . This is probably why they were so confounded by the level of support Margaret Thatcher always enjoyed.. The sick and disabled all benefit when we root out the cheats. . There is little benefit in disability allowances that are immediately swallowed up by Council Tax rises.

Charles Henry

TELL POLICE ABOUT ILLEGAL HUNTING

Last week, I saw a fox trying to find a gap in a hedge so it could escape the hounds of a local hunt.

Close behind were the hunters on horseback, furiously galloping their horses on the hard road surface, trying to keep up with the action and see the fox meets its grisly fate.

It was upsetting to see the law being flouted and I ask the public to let the police know when they witness the same illegal activity.

Earlier this month, two members of a West Country hunt were successfully prosecuted for breaking the law in this way.

Y Nicola, Tiverton

Whilst I agree that people shouldn’t break the law, even a law as flawed as this one, it would be good to have a total understanding of it so that we judge whether the law is being broken. It appears from recent court cases that even the judiciary are confused about it let alone the Police and lay people such as me. As you apparently understand it enough to suggest we all let the Police know when its being broken perhaps you could explain it in detail.

Shaun Freke, Gloucestershire

In Northern Ireland instead of the ill fated Hunting Act they passed a law which made it illegal for anyone to cause undue suffering to an animal. This is simple fair and liberal legislation because it serves to prevent cruelty howsoever it is caused. The simple fact is that Hunting is often the conmtrol measure that causes the least suffering to foxes not the most. I am utterly convinced that my activities are not cruel inspite of the Government informing me that they are illegal. I have continued to flout the Hunting Act with the full knowledge of the police and they have quite rightly done nothing to stop me. We should repeal the Hunting Act which is based on ignorance, bigotry and hatred and replace it with a law that protects wild mammals from cruelty.

Giles Bradshaw, Rose Ash

Presumably the fox escaped Y.Nicola!. . But I wonder how the ‘Free Range’ chicken felt earlier; just before it had its stomach ripped open and was carried off to be eaten. . It may not have been dead by then even! . Or wasn’t that grisly enough for you to be concerned?

Charles Henry

BT BLACKMAIL

Up until recently, I have been very satisfied with the service from BT, especially the call-minder service.

However, I am not happy with the repeated blackmail they are imposing on me because I don’t choose to pay by direct debit.

As my income is limited, the extra charge they expect me to pay, ie, £4.50 a quarter, is not on, and though I would miss the telephone, if they persist in this charge I shall be forced to do away with their service, and I shall have to use a mobile phone.

I shall be writing to my MP and Ofcom to see if any-thing can be done about this charge.

A Porter
Wootton Bassett
Wiltshire

‘Direct Debit’ is like having someone else’s hand in your pocket. . It’s an extension of this ‘Big Brother’ society New-Labour and the E.U. have been so desperate to create. . What does it tell you about them?. . The Aussies wouldn’t put up with it!

Charles Henry

Western Daily Press. . Features/Letters

It amazes me how bigoted some people are when trying to express their opinions.

I’ve been hearing the same comment, “I’m not a racist but … “, for the past 50 years. If the writers did some research on immigration they would realise that migration has been taking place since creation. The idea that immigrants are putting a strain on services, and that pensioners are suffering, is wrong, and damages peace and unity in the community.

The fact remains that whenever governments mishandle the economy, someone has to be blamed and who else but immigrants?

As it stands, immigrants put more into the economy than they take out, an unappreciated fact.

More importantly, can writers name any country that can survive economically without immigrants?

Could the building trade, catering industry, NHS and transport services survive? I think not.

If the writers’ comments are based on Eastern Europeans or other Commonwealth immigrants, they should know they are being asked to come here mainly to do menial and low-paid jobs no one else wants to do.

Finally, I find it rather biased that there has never been any mention regarding the number of English nationals who are emigrating on a daily basis.

H Martin
Swindon

Hmmm, but ask those self employed builders who are finding their work being undercut by cheap foreign labour whether they can survive?

KB, Bristol

Well there is no doubting which party H.Martin appears to support Editor. . . He uses the same statistics and perpetuates the same lies. . I think if he examines the population statistics that are available of the last few hundred years; if his assertions were true; Somerset’s population would have a completely different ‘hue’ and a much less distinctive ‘brogue’. . . He obviously knows all about bigotry, as does that party! . Just look at the laws they have passed!

However; we do have to ask ourselves just why so many people are actually leaving our shores now. . I give you a quotation and ask your readers to research themselves from whence it came and in what context. . . . “A week or two ago I fell into conversation with a constituent, a middle-aged, quite ordinary working man employed in one of our nationalized industries. After a sentence or two about the weather, he suddenly said: “If I had the money to go, I wouldn’t stay in this country.". I made some deprecatory reply, to the effect that even this Government wouldn’t last for ever; but he took no notice, and continued: “I have three children, all of them have been through grammar school and two of them married now, with family. I shan’t be satisfied till I have seen them settled overseas.”

Charles Henry

WILL MONARCHY END WITH QUEEN?

As far as I am concerned, it is immoral to kill for sport, as it was to bait bears, or hunt for otters.

The problem we have is the attitude of the Royal Family, always supporting and encouraging blood- sports. They do not seem to want our civilisation to move on.

While the Queen has always been a shining example in service and duty to Britain and the Commonwealth, do we actually need a monarchy after she has gone, especially as there appears to be a determination not to change?

Rev H W Jones
Swindon
Wiltshire

Someone wrote of bigotry yesterday Editor. . But it is just this sort of arrant bigotry from a person who puts himself forward as a member of the clergy, that has put that calling into such disrepute of late. . Immorality?.. When living in a glass house it’s best to stop throwing stones I think. . A bit of humility is called for I think; not stridence. . It seems we all have different perceptions of ‘morality’.

Charles Henry

FIRST DOUBLES COMPENSATION TO SAY SORRY (News)

First Great Western is to double the amount of compensation it awards regular passengers when services are delayed or cancelled. . cond.

Editor; ‘FIRST DOUBLES COMPENSATION TO SAY SORRY’ at first sounds like a ‘good news’ story; but hasn’t anyone else noticed!? . In the recent stockmarket turbulence, ‘First’ has been one of the few companies to actually INCREASE in value ON THE BACK OF OUR SUBSIDIES! . . If ever there was a reason to nationalise a company because it is propped up by our TAXES and Government Subsidies; forget about Northern Rock! . We should take First into public ownership. . WE PAY FOR IT!!!!

Charles Henry

Western Daily Press. . Features/Letters

Recently, I received several papers from Avon and Wiltshire NHS Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, which are being sent to all members of staff at a cost of 44p postage.

The papers include a summary of the personal details held by that NHS trust of that person in their employ and is addressed to them by name. The next paper issued is from the chief executive of the trust, thanking me for all my hard work during 2007.

The next paper is from the deputy human resources director and explains the new workforce information and payroll system called the electronic staff record.

The next paper gives a list of ethnic origin codes, gender, marital status, disabled, sexual orientation; the next is a consultation on amendments to statement of terms and conditions of employment.

The next paper is facts about bugs from the infection control team; the final paper is on countering fraud in the NHS.

The chief executive explains that her letter, with other items, has been sent to home addresses to ensure it is not opened by a colleague in error. All at a cost of 44p postage per person.

I thought the health service was facing financial deficits!

In October, 2005, I took out a grievance against the chief executive of this trust and was finally awarded compensation, holiday pay, etc, up to June 28, 2006, my final date of employment.

This letter was signed by the same deputy human resources director who is updating staff records. Yet this NHS mental health trust is assuming I am still in their employment some 18 months later.

Will you be trusting the NHS with your personal medical records on their centralised computer? I, for one, will not.

Liz Hussey
North Somerset

Editor, “You couldn’t make it up!". . . Computerised data IS NEVER; nor WILL IT EVER, be ‘SAFE’. . The only solution is personally retained records. . They had no business divulging this information to ‘computer operators’ without our consent in the first place. Who knows where it will end up? . Large numbers of them can’t even add up correctly, let alone transpose information accurately anyway. . This ‘Big Brother’, ‘Face Book’ mentality that has been created in our society has a lot to answer for. . There was once ‘Hell Fire and Damnation’ keeping people ‘under control’, but this new doctrine is “1984 WITH KNOBS ON!”

Charles Henry

MORE CONCERNED OVER THE PARENTS

Every letter (so far) published in reply to my original (Your Say, January 1) has been to attack me over the issue of Maddie McCann.

It seems that everyone is more concerned with the feelings of her parents than with the child.

Nowhere did I suggest kidnap is acceptable, as alleged by Jane Boobyer (January 9), for example. All I did say, and I stand by it, is that it might be better to leave this girl where she is than return her to parents who consider it perfectly acceptable to leave three young children totally unsupervised while they (the parents) go out for an evening with friends.

Do your other correspondents think the McCanns acted responsibly that night? If so, I’m glad I had irresponsible parents.

Greg Heathcliffe
Swindon

Editor, I thought Greg Heathcliffe’s first contribution about Maddy was mistaken but well intentioned. . . Now he is just being offensive and judgemental about a set of circumstances and an environment of which he has no knowledge. . We have all taken decisions that we later regret. . . It’s called ‘life’. . There was once a time when we could all just leave our front door keys keys under the mat.

Charles Henry

The Editor
Letters
Western Daily Press

Re. ‘Opinion’ 12th January. “Get speed morons off the internet.”

Dear Editor,

I am sure no one seriously disagreed with the majority of the opinion writer’s sentiments on Saturday 12th. regarding the dangers of speed. There is a time and a place for all things. But the statement, “Among a certain minority there seems to be an unhealthy fascination with fast cars.” said far more about the writer and, maybe what’s going on in the Highway Authority with our defunct road network. . Oh to live in Germany with the Autobahns.

I suppose they were referring to people like Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna and Fangio(Juan-Manuel). And maybe Sterling Moss; or how about Donald Campbell and Bluebird CN7 with a Bristol-Siddeley Proteus engine? Of course he wrote that off on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in September of 1960.

The ‘Triumph Bonneville’, now there’s a name to conjure with. A generation grew up coveting the thrill of riding the ‘big-twin’ monster; or one like it. . . A ‘BSA Road Rocket’, or a ‘Norton Dominator’. . A ‘BSA Gold Star’ even. The thump of the ‘Big Single’ in the distance was like music. . . . . And gee! When the Japanese brought out the first in-line multi-cylinders, we were really ‘flying’.

No Editor, people shouldn’t criticise these daring individuals. They and others like them are what put the Great into Great Britain. They are the reason Churchill once stated “Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few". . Our young are being stifled by this political correctness. . We must teach them the boundaries when then are very young. It is our duty and what’s been lacking . But as they grow and develop we need them all to discover their destiny and explore the future for mankind.

Yours

Charles Henry

Western Daily Press. . Features/Letters

Pontificating about the Hunting Act may well have become a Christmas tradition in recent years, but let’s keep our eye on the ball. So, do we want the hunts to be allowed to set their packs of dogs on to foxes, deer, hare and mink to torment and hound them to a savage death causing suffering in the name of so-called “sport"?

What decent person would say yes?

I was proud of our society when I watched Labour win three General Elections with a proposed ban on hunting at the very forefront of each campaign, giving the majority of elected MPs the mandate to vote in favour of the ban when this was asked of them.

It was clearly the will of all decent people to get the Hunting Act on to the statute books, and we must remind Gordon Brown that we will support any efforts he makes to strengthen the law, and protect our animals from the cruelty of hunting with dogs.

Gill Purser
Cheltenham

Editor, as another country town is about to suffer a slow commercial death under the Socialist’s politically correct ‘jackboot’; this time Lydney in Gloucester; it worries me greatly that a great community organ like the W.D.P continues to give so much time and space to a discredited bigoted minority of animal rights activists who spend their lives insulting great swathes of your readership. The Hunting Act was the ‘will’ of a discredited government, elected by a minority, that has brought nothing but shame to the great democratic traditions of the United Kingdom. . It will no doubt go down in history as the most dishonest and discredited since Neville Chamberlain’s. . . What is it they say about those who lay down with dogs?

Charles Henry

Re. PARKING CHARGES WILL BE THE END OF THE ROAD FOR OUR TOWN. . . . . . Lydney, Gloucestershire.

Logically, the only way the introduction of parking charges because there is a “Free For All” can “Help", as they see it, is if it deters visitors and cuts numbers. Those affected should insist that any drop in “Trade” must be matched by a cut in the salary of the councillors and, a reduction in the Business Rate. Just whom are ‘clear streets’ supposed to be good for?. . The road sweeper? . . Or is it just the yellow line machine?

Charles Henry

NEW TEEN TALK IS SO BAFFLING

I am writing to say that I am totally baffled by Lucy Van Amerongen’s book The A-Z of Teen Talk (Western Daily Press, January 4).

Am I the only teenager who, when reading it, thought it was a load of rubbish? I’m not surprised that her parents are lost for words when she speaks to them - my friends and I would be speechless, too!

I cannot imagine pupils of Cheltenham’s Ladies’ College talking in this manner, or pupils anywhere, in fact!

I am 15 and have heard of roughly only three of the 300 terms in this book ("yard", for example, is used in the book as a term for “garden” which is in the dictionary - which is why I know the meaning).

I think it’s fantastic that Lucy has had a book published at her age, but I really cannot see anyone talking in this absurd way.

The term “he bums his PlayStation” sounds very rude to me! If I were to say that I “bum” something when I like it, I would receive some very shocked looks from the people around me.

Her GCSE English will definitely make for interesting reading, and I dread to think of the havoc her language will cause during job interviews.

I hope that Lucy puts her £1,000 towards some good, old-fashioned English lessons, and drops these moronic terms.

Alice Fletcher, 15
Somerset

Quite right Alice! . . You tell um my girl! . We don’t wont no bums er bosoms yer! . . None uv um can tawk proper now! . Nor spell nuffink!

Charles Henry

Don’ ee take no notiss uv ‘ee Alice! . . Dere’s nuffin rong wiv bosoms.

Errol, Bristaw

TRUE FANS ARE OUT IN FORCE

The Western Daily Press printed two very interesting statistics for Boxing Day.The Countryside Alliance and other hunt campaigners estimated that 250,000 people watched 314 hunts set off from the meets. They did not say how many would follow through to the end.

The official attendance figures for just eight Barclays Premier League football matches totalled 275,745. That’s what you can call support.

Name and address supplied

Editor,. for the cost of attending a Premier League football match and, with the salaries being paid to all those involved; bearing in mind the vast sums being paid by television companies, ‘a closed shop’ that supports this circus; you have to be asking yourself; just who are the mugs? . A visit to a local ‘Point to Point’ sounds like much more fun to me. . .

Point-to-Point racing is steeplechasing for amateurs. It is run under the sanction and regulations of the British Horseracing Authority while each Meeting is run at a local level by a Hunt or recognised Point-to-Point Club.

Charles Henry

Jeremy Clarkson wrote in the Murdock Press.

“The Archbishop of Canterbury told the faithful on Christmas Day that unless we human beings abandon our greed, we will be responsible for the death of the planet. . . Hmm. I’m not sure I can take a lecture on greed from a man who heads one of the western world’s richest institutions. As we huddle under a patio heater to stay warm while having a cigarette in the rain, his bishops are living in palatial splendour with banqueting halls wondering where to invest the next billion.” . cond. .

I think ‘Errol’ is considering his carbon footprint. . He is not sure if he has one. . . . . Jeremy has made it perfectly clear where he would like to leave his. . .

. . Charles Henry 1945-(diuturnity)

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January 2008

Copyright by Charles Henry 2008

Well ‘appy bleedin’ New Yer! . . Social is stoppin’ ar anty Lil’s bloke’s disability. . Dey caught un up da golf corse caddyin’! . . da pratt. . . Eel be tryin’ ta sub off I now! . . . I can’t never save nuffink! . . . An’ if dis is global warmin’ ar anty Lil’s a virgin ! . An’ my bruvvers a Millwall suppor’ter. . . An’ I reccon aw dey wot aint got no passport awt ta get a discount off dere bleedin’ pettrol anyow ! . . An’ aw dey wot aint got no car niver ought ta get free bleedin’ beer ! . .

Das fair aint it ?! . .

Western Daily Press. . . Features/Letters

The verbal assault on Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe by Germany’s Angela Merkel at the EU/Africa summit conference in Lisbon recently was long overdue - and shamed not only our own Gordon Brown (who should have been at the conference to speak out against Mugabe’s infamous regime instead of skulking at home because he was afraid to stick his neck out) but also those African leaders who have consistently refused to condemn what has been going on in Zimbabwe as the country has plunged into chaos over the last 20 years.

It is arrant nonsense for Mugabe and other African leaders to claim that Zimbabwe’s predicament is a legacy of British colonialism.

When Zimbabwe gained its independence from Britain in 1980, and Mugabe became president, the country was one of the most prosperous on the African continent - indeed, it was known as the breadbasket of Southern Africa because of its ability to feed both its own people and its neighbours, too.

Zimbabwe’s impoverishment is entirely down to the corrupt, brutal and oppressive regime of its (arguably insane) president.

The people of Britain’s former colonies in Africa have suffered far more under their own despots than they ever did under British rule - and I defy anyone to show otherwise.The shame of Zimbabwe is the shame of Africa - not of Europe!

Robert Readman
Bournemouth

Looking at Kenya today also; Africa is still back in the ‘Dark Ages’. . It is an insult to civilised nations when they are accused of ‘racism’ suggesting it is because of ‘colour’. . It’s absolutely nothing to do with colour.

Charles Henry

MADDY MAY NOW BE SETTLED

Is it not time that the McCanns woke up to a few facts about Maddy?

If she is still alive and, like most, I hope she is, she has been missing for nearly eight months.

This is a very long time in the life of a child so young. . . cond. . .

Greg Heathcliffe
Swindon
Wiltshire

Reply published 3rd. January 2008

Editor, . . As a parent I was disappointed you printed Greg Heathcliffe’s letter. His comments were uncalled for I thought; though probably very well intentioned. . And as you know I am an untiring advocate of the principle of ‘free speech’. . We all have our private thoughts about Maddy’s sad predicament, and the torture her parents must be experiencing; but we always hope and pray for a happy conclusion. . I am sure Maddy’s parents’ hopes and prayers for her safe return will be unceasing, until or unless they have full closure.

Charles Henry

Western Daily Press. . Features/Letters

“We had toy guns. We played cowboys and Indians and soldiers. Many were the disagreements of who was dead and who wasn’t. And you know what? It was fun, and we didn’t grow up to be mass murderers.

What a pity children aren’t allowed to be children any more.". . . .

cond. . .

Phil Perry Gloucester

Without doubt Phil Perry is right. Our children can no longer be ‘children’. . But we only have ourselves to blame. We have allowed these nin-com-poops to infiltrate all aspects of our society, like some ‘Third Reich’. . They have been ‘brain-washing’ the young . . The time has come to end this madness…Make it your New Year Resolution. . It’s time for the Revolution.

Charles Henry

£25 New Congestion Charge!

That could well be the solution ‘Errol’. . .

He has obviously come to the end of his ‘useful life’. . .

. . Charles Henry 1945-(diuturnity)

“Individual Community Policing(ICP) is the sort of proposition, rather like the Inheritance Tax issue that will sweep a party into power with a massive majority. . Forget about ‘Speeding Motorists’, the Big Brother CCTV State and ‘Global Warming’! . Let’s first make Britain a decent and safe place for everyone to live like it once was. . . If we have Policeman for every community again; and in every school if needs be; all the rest will follow. The vast majority are Good People if the circumstances allow them to be. .”

Charles Henry

“I’m with Dudley Seale on this one.” . . Village Life Has Changed Totally. . Western Daily Press. . Features/Letters.