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Your letters - November 11
Preserve, not knock down Dear editor, I read with horror that developers Elmwood Property Management want to knock down the 160-year-old mill on Lyons Lane.
This building deserves to be preserved, not demolished along with Talbot Mill, Talbot Arms and the old Initial Washrooms building, plus so many more.
Chorley has lost far too many historical buildings over the past four decades and replaced them in a lot of cases with the ugliest of buildings. It makes you sick just looking at them.
I personally have been watching Chorley slowly strip itself of its uniqueness for the last 33 years (we left Chorley in the mid 1970s to live in Cornwall, but I come home to Chorley biannually) and believe me, it's painful to watch.
Why have so many of Chorley's historical buildings been demolished for no real reason when restoring them would be the wiser thing to do?
It's really sad to see Chorley shoot itself in the foot time and time again, and I cannot see the reasoning behind it.
What was the reason for closing Market Street then building a new bypass through the town?
Why close Bolton Road and then build another new road to do its job?
So many things that have been built in and around Chorley make no sense at all, while the shop fronts in Market Street, the boarded up pub on Pall Mall, the whole of bottom part of Bolton Road, are crying out for redevelopment and tidying up.
The people who are responsible for these things must take note of what the people of Chorley think before they act.
Paul Davies
Ex-pat
Cornwall
We must never forget
Dear editor, I really hope you can get this letter in this week's paper after I attended the Remembrance Sunday event in Chorley at the weekend.
I hadn't been intending to go, but I'm glad I did.
Hardly a day goes by without news of another soldier being killed in Afghanistan. It's heart-breaking.
What really impressed me was the number of young people paying their respects on Sunday.
Seeing the veterans with their medals join in the procession was deeply moving, but by seeing the youngsters in the crowd it's obvious that people of ages are affected by the losses experienced by our Armed Forces.
It gives me hope that society will never forget the sacrifices of our forefathers.
We must never forget.
Name and address supplied
Trick or treat spoilsports!
Dear editor, like many parents I took my children out trick and treating.
They rushed from door-to-door excitedly and thanked all the occupants for a huge pile of sweets that they collected.
As somebody who once had an egg thrown at my car, there's no way they would have dared 'trick' anybody.
The event seems to have grown every year and in the main it was well observed, but I would like to make two observations.
Passing a group of teenage girls dressed as witches, it did strike me that there must come a point when people get too old for trick and treating.
The second thing that struck me was the 'bah humbug' approach of a small minority of householders.
Do people really have to put up veiled threats on posters to warn off potential trick and treaters?
Do people have to draw all the curtains and pretend not to be in just to avoid answering the door?
I've no problem with occupants who don't want to get involved, but I'm amazed at how miserable some people are about the whole thing.
At least I know that the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge is alive and well and we're not even in December!
Name supplied
Whittle-le-Woods
Be the eyes of the police
Dear editor, I was interested to read the letter (Guardian, November 4) from David Barrett regarding the 'lazy parkers' outside the shop at the junction of East Street in Farington.
These irresponsible and frankly idiotic actions have been raised by Mike Otter, the local parish councillor, at PACT meetings.
To be honest, I cannot recall a meeting that I've been able to attend when this stupidity hasn't been discussed, since the much-needed zebra crossing was introduced.
Unfortunately, the junction cannot be watched 24/7, so I would urge Mr Barrett and anyone else who notices a vehicle causing an issue to act as the eyes of the police.
Note the date, time, model and registration of the vehicle, and report it to our community officers.
The obvious solution would be for the motorist responsible to actually abide by the law, but as we see on all too frequent a basis on Moss Lane and in many other areas, there are far too many people who think they are above it.
The only real solution to these clowns is for the community to demand that enough is enough and for the local authorities who represent us to use the powers they have on every occasion in full.
Andy Farrell
Moss Lane
Leyland
Why all the mystery?
Dear editor, I read the Guardian every week and I'm confused.
Sometimes we see top reporter Karl Holbrook's fresh-faced splendour and other times he's blacked-out. He's an international man of mystery.
Are we supposed to know what he looks like, or not? I would welcome your views.
Allan Ramsay
Carrington Road
Chorley
EDITOR'S NOTE: Karl Holbrook writes our popular weekly Rover column, in which he casts an eye over the region's houses. He also does some investigation work and for that reason his face is blacked out of some stories.
However, due to his good looks, and to appease our female readership, we will occasionally run a youthful picture of Karl.
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