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Letters to the editor, September 16
Read the latest views and opinions from our loyal Guardian readers
Outrage at salaries
Dear editor, given that we keep hearing from the council that times are tough and they are having to make staff redundant due to cost pressures, it is very interesting to note that the three senior salaries at Chorley Council have risen from around 300,000 to 400,000 in the last three years.
A rise of 33 per cent when many people are having salaries frozen or sometimes reduced.
The remit of the council executives has actually been reduced in recent years due to areas such as housing being passed to Chorley Community Housing, property services now managed by Liberata, highways moved to Lancashire County Council responsibility, and some financial services now shared with South Ribble.
We keep hearing from the council how well they are doing with national awards. This may come as no surprise when you consider that in the same period we have also seen expenditure on the communications department rise from 90,000 to 240,000. A rise of 266 per cent.
Does this strike other readers as people trying to justify their exorbitant salaries rather than delivering services on the ground?
Paul Walmsley
Labour Party member
Adlington
Hip hooray for our NHS
Dear editor, I have just had a hip replacement in Chorley Hospital. It only took six weeks, from being told by my local doctor I needed a new hip, to coming home after the operation.
The medical staff at Chorley Hospital are a very professional team. All the staff are friendly and caring. The hospital is clean and the food was very good.
Since coming home, nurses and doctors have come to see I am well. The NHS is the best medical organisation in the world.
T Wallwork
Grimeford Village
Anderton
Rebuilding Beirut pride
Dear editor, I am writing regarding an article in the Guardian (September 2).
It was about Adlington School surrounded by a fence and it was described as being in the centre of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon.
As a true Lebanese girl who was born and brought up in Beirut, I feel it is my duty to put the record right.
We had a civil war for nearly 20 years which was all triggered by outside interference (the big and the powerful).
We survived the bombs and continuous shelling and the people of Beirut rose above every obstacle.
No water, no electricity and food was very limited, but we carried on fighting for survival.
Now we think for the future and Beirut is being built again and becoming a safe tourist attraction.
Sana Virdi
A proud Lebanese girl who lives in Chorley
Plans for fowl reunion
Dear editor, I hope you can give us a small slot in your estimable paper.
We are planning a reunion of past members of a group of companies based in Whittle-le-Woods in the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s.
The companies are R Bowling & Sons, Maple Leaf Hatchery, Blue Rosette Hatcher 'N', Cample Hatchery, Standish Hall Farms, Adlington Hall Farms and Lucas Breeding Company – all very involved in the poultry industry.
Can any interested ex-members or suppliers of services get in touch with me, or John Longworth or Gordon Yates in the first instance?
The reunion has been organised for Friday, December 4 at 7pm at Oak Royal Golf Club, Bury Lane, Withnell.
Bob Mason
Brinscall
It's months off yet!
Dear editor, I may be old fashioned but Christmas seems to come far too early – Botany Bay with Santa arriving in early September.
Certain councils in Lancashire fit Christmas decorations as early as August.
Has everyone lost the meaning of this celebration? It seems to me that materialism and big profits for traders seem to have taken over.
I expect the next episode will be fireworks sold to the general public way before the event.
Please don't class me as a killjoy, but years ago we used to celebrate these events at the appropriate times.
GR Davies
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Thanks for your support
Dear editor, on behalf of the teams who work from our Bengal Street depot, I would like to thank the many people who have written letters to the press saying well done for making Chorley a very clean place to live and for all the lovely flowers around the town.
The letters really do make a difference to the morale of the staff involved.
I certainly must not forget the team that looks after Astley Park, who this year especially, have done a brilliant job.
Coun Eric Bell
Executive member for neighbourhoods
Chorley Council
Love your neighbours
Dear editor, I am shocked and very surprised at the attitude of so-called Christians in this area to the Romany gypsy families (in Hut Lane, Charnock Richard).
Seventy years ago millions of men and women took up arms to fight the cancer of WWII.
Many millions died so we could live in peace and yet we still treat our fellow man in this way.
The two gypsy families in this area just want to live in peace on their own land and be welcomed in the community.
I think of the words of Jesus when asked a question. He replied: 'We must love God,' and then added these words: 'you must love your neighbour as yourself'. If we do not, we are denying our faith.
Let us give these two gypsy families a chance and extend love to them instead of showing hatred.
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