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Praise for top exhibition

8:50am Friday 27th August 2010

Sir.–Richard Garfield is to be congratulated on his very interesting Memories article in Monday’s Gazette recently, about the history of St Michael's Church relative to the present exhibition in The Willis Museum' s Community Gallery.

Thanks for help to find missing son

8:48am Friday 27th August 2010

Sir.– I lost my son in the town centre Sainsbury’s and a lady (another shopper) came up to me asking whether I was ok. I told her that I had lost my son and immediately she put down her shopping told the staff and went off outside in case that is where he had gone and, as it happens, that’s exactly where he was.

Intrigued by use of the word trust

8:46am Friday 27th August 2010

Sir.–I was very surprised at the Liberal Democrat South Ham Focus (August 2010) that has been put through the letterboxes of the houses in South Ham.

Impact of houses just too much

8:45am Friday 27th August 2010

Sir.–I wish to add my voice to the protest against the consideration of sites BAS102, BAS103 and BAS120 for housing development.

Give us a break over parking

8:43am Friday 27th August 2010

Sir.– I was around the area at the Top of the Town recently, between 7.30pm and 8pm. I saw two traffic wardens booking lots of vehicles in the pay and display car parks.

Decision over site is the wrong one

8:40am Friday 27th August 2010

Sir.–I am appalled by the decision to allow the loss of one of the town's major employment sites [the former Eli Lilly and Victoria lot sites off Kingsclere Road in Houndmills] for a supposedly mixed-use development which in reality is dominated by flats.

Backing for LEP scheme

9:35am Friday 20th August 2010

Sir.–We would like to add the support of Destination Basingstoke to the borough council’s proposal for a Basingstoke and North Hampshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

Dangers of new No 3 bus route

9:34am Friday 20th August 2010

Sir-We must express our utmost concern. Although most people who use the No 3 bus wanted to have it reinstated, was it really necessary to have it rerouted through Stag Hill?

Thank you for a special send-off

9:30am Friday 20th August 2010

Sir.–A member of our family, Colin Wells, died suddenly a couple of weekends ago.

Signing up for cheque campaign

9:27am Friday 20th August 2010

Sir.–I would like to add my small voice to the many others who are concerned about the withdrawal by banks of chequing facilities (last Thursday’s Gazette).

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