Boston Standard - Letters Feed

LETTER: I’m proud of Independents’ election effort

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:43:23 GMT

As a candidate in the local election I would like to thank all those that voted for me and the kind reception on the doorsteps from all the residents of Boston West I managed to see.

LETTER: May Fair brought back childhood memories...but proclamation was poor

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:43:23 GMT

Having grown up in Boston, and married a Boston girl, we moved to Peterborough some 40 years ago.

LETTER: Bert and Barbara fully deserve award

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:43:18 GMT

Please will you pass on my congratulations to Bert and Barbara Bonsor on their award for a truly outstanding 64 years Service to Wrangle Youth Club.

LETTER: How can Pilgrim Hospital compete?

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:43:03 GMT

Alison Austin, who was elected to Lincolnshire County Council, in one of her campaign leaflets wrote that she would ‘seek more funding of health in Boston - Pilgrim Hospital one of the worst funded in the country’.

LETTER: Granddaughter can’t stop raving about musical show

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:07:34 GMT

I felt I had to write to say how much my grand-daughter and I enjoyed last week’s production by BOS Musical Group of Anything Goes.

LETTER: Time to put a stop to high speed traffic coming out of the Market Place

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:07:23 GMT

I am writing on behalf of those at the Fydell House end of South Street who have become increasingly concerned by the speed of traffic leaving the Market Place.

LETTER; UKIP winners have big shoes to fill

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:06:58 GMT

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere sympathies to all the councillors and candidates who succumbed to the recent UKIP deluge in our part of Lincolnshire.

LETTER: Impressed by litter pick effort

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:10:12 GMT

I would like to agree with Mr Peck (Your Say, last week) who is encouraged by the success of the recent litter pick.

LETTER: Unwanted items needed for to help dogs for the blind

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:08:32 GMT

I am yet again appealing to everyone to save their used postage stamps for the Guide Dogs for the Blind.

LETTER: The councillors have let us down badly

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:36:12 GMT

The letter last week by Mrs N Dawson reflects the views of most local people.

LETTER: I can’t help feeling Boston’s heading on the wrong road

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:35:51 GMT

As in many towns, sadly some of my favourite stores including HMV, Jessops and Clintons have now closed.

LETTER: We need free parking...and to target the troublemakers

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:47:50 GMT

I have been reading all the letters regarding Boston Market Place and I agree with Jim Blaylock - it IS simple economics.

LETTER: A warning about slippery bus stops

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:47:34 GMT

Dear Sir, I thought I should bring to your readers’ attention an issue in relation to raised bus stops (or buspads) which Lincolnshire County Council installed a number of years ago at Wide Bargate in Boston.

LETTER: PRSA piece was right, but don’t forget about the rowers

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:32:17 GMT

Sir, While I agree with virtually everything your Observer piece said regarding the PRSA I would pick you up on one point.

LETTER: It’s time to celebrate the successes of the PRSA

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:20:11 GMT

The misconception that Observer clings to is the error by the council over a decade ago in believing that the PRSA would be profitable.

LETTER: Increasing car parking charges is a ‘soft option’

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:10:11 GMT

Blame the government Coun Richmond, blame the people, and blame who you like but the simple fact is private car parking is cheaper in a number of quite central sites.

LETTER: Thanks foryour help in putting on show

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:08:51 GMT

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Boston for their previous support for What Free Time Youth Theatre.

LETTER: Business knowledge seems in short supply on the council

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:05:42 GMT

Many councillors, when seeking election, claim that they will run the council properly as ‘they are business people’.

LETTER: If others can do free parking, why can’t Boston?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:05:20 GMT

I was most surprised when I visited Greenwich Peninsula shopping centre the other week when parking is free for three hours after which you have to move your vehicle - it is camera controlled.