| Seeking help from buses to battalions | | 2:29pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | IF any readers can help I'm in the process of collecting information about my father, Wilfred Henry Moore, and the Home Guard in Redditch from July 26, 1942 to anuary 12, 1944, when he was transferred to Stourport Battalion Home Guard. |
| Seeking help from buses to battalions | | 2:29pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | IF any readers can help I'm in the process of collecting information about my father, Wilfred Henry Moore, and the Home Guard in Redditch from July 26, 1942 to anuary 12, 1944, when he was transferred to Stourport Battalion Home Guard. |
| Chasing ‘Quo’ | | 2:28pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | TWO years ago, with my husband, I managed to go to every Status Quo concert on their UK winter tour, a total of 31 concerts in six weeks. |
| Great service | | 2:28pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | I WOULD like to express my continuing gratitude for the children's centres in and around Redditch. |
| State of roads | | 2:27pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | I HAVE sent a letter to the Prime Minister regarding my concern over the dangerous state of local roads, asking him to take the necessary actions to promulgate their repair at the earliest opportunity. |
| Ready to ride | | 2:27pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | I AM a disabled person who lives in Redditch and I would just like to say how good the majority of taxi companies are which offer wheelchair accessible vehicles especially A2B who really have a good service and are cheaper than some companies who are solely for disabled people. |
| Collections | | 2:26pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | THROUGH Your view I should like to tell readers that the Redditch Association for the Blind has just held three collections at local stores. |
| Picked up a puppy for a pet lately? | | 2:25pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | ANYONE who has bought a puppy in the last three years is being invited to take part in a national online survey organised by the RSPCA. |
| Small world... | | 2:25pm Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | READERS may be interested to know that as a result of an item in the Advertiser/Chronicle's Society News' some months ago - when I gave a talk about my naval career - I received a letter from New Zealand. |
| Letter from Westminster | | 2:12pm Tuesday 29th April 2008 | | THERE was good news from the Alex hospital last week as MRSA and CDifficile infection rates were slashed. |
| Home Sec’s back-to-basics approach | | 2:28pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | RARELY has team spirit and total co-operation been more practically displayed than when, the Home Secretary and Redditch MP, Jacqui Smith, discussed the role of Neighbourhood Watch with Chief Superintendent David Spencer D' Division and delegates from Bromsgrove, Kidderminster and Redditch D' Division Neighbourhood Watch. |
| Behind bars | | 2:37pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | THERE has been plenty of media coverage about the cushy and luxurious life many of our criminals are able to lead in prison. |
| Lost sounds | | 2:36pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | I WOULD like to tell readers about Deaf Awareness Week 2008 (May 5-11). |
| Give it a shot! | | 2:35pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | NATIONAL Shooting Week, which will run from Saturday, May 3 - Sunday, May 11, looks set to be bigger than ever. |
| Fly the flag! | | 2:33pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | WHILST driving through Alcester on St. George's Day - last Wednesday (April 23) - a distinct lack of enthusiasm for this occasion was evident. |
| More support | | 2:33pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | COULD I please through your paper say a big thank you to the butchers and florist shops on Alcester Road, Studley, also to The Shakespeare public house, The Bell Inn, Studley, and also Clintons card shop in Redditch town centre. |
| Energy use | | 2:31pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | THE power of sport for doing good is in danger of being sidelined. |
| Put on the tea! | | 2:29pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | I WRITE to ask for help from businesses, shopAM writing as a supporter of Britain's pet charity, The Blue Cross - which has a branch in nearby Bromsgrove, to invite you pop the kettle on and take part in a nationwide tea party to help needy pets. |
| Parking peril | | 2:29pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | VISITING a friend in Oakridge Close last week, I noticed that there was not (as there has been on every previous occasion for many years) a car parked half on the pavement on the left-hand side, very close to the junction. |
| Fans abuse | | 2:28pm Monday 28th April 2008 | | I AM writing to express my disgust at the behaviour of some people, a small minority, who attended the Redditch United v Kettering Town football match on Tuesday, April 22, and the way it was handled by the safety staff and also police officers that were in attendance. |
| Make a note... | | 10:15am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | | IF Mr Martin Boniface would like to look at the Bank of England's own website, he would discover that in fact Bank of Scotland Bank notes are NOT legal tender in England (referemce last week's letter in Your view regarding a market trader declining to accept a Scottish banknote). |
| Coughton Court during the war | | 10:15am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | | AMERICAN student Johnnie Manicky has been in contact with the Advertiser to ask if readers can assist him with a special project he has undertaken at university. |
| Animal care | | 10:14am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | | THE RSPCA Week 2008 is just about upon us. |
| Access worry | | 10:13am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | | AS a frequent visitor to Redditch I would like to ask the management of the Kingfisher shopping complex this question. |
| Photo shoot! | | 10:13am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | | WITH the inclusion of two speed cameras in Studley motorists now pass five speed cameras between Studley and Alcester. |
| From the past | | 10:12am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | | HAVING an hour to spare, I popped into our excellent Redditch Library to peruse the past editions of The Redditch Indicator'. |
| Towns in peril | | 10:11am Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | | I WRITE to ask for help from businesses, shoppers and motorists in the Redditch area. |
| Letter from Westminster | | 4:38pm Tuesday 15th April 2008 | | LAST week I was the first to use an extension to Redditch's CCTV service in the town centre. |
| Travelling too fast | | 4:27pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | AS someone relatively new to the Redditch area I am constantly surprised at the speed some people drive on the town centre ring-road. |
| It’s a case of what you believe in | | 4:26pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | IN response to the letter last week on Matter of faith' and whether it matters what we believe, and in response to I Kirwan's dismissive letter may I make the following points. |
| Training ship to hold reunion | | 4:26pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | I WISH to bring to the attention of any of your readers who may have an interest, the existence of the T.S Vindicatrix Association. |
| ‘Waste’ of time | | 4:24pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | I HAVE heard it expressed that Redditch Borough Council invented the word bureaucracy'. |
| Losing out | | 4:24pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | A LITTLE bit of maths! |
| Currency crunch on the market | | 4:23pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | I DO my best to support local businesses but have to say my experience the previous Saturday morning onRedditch Market left a good deal to be desired. |
| Call for drink adverts ban | | 4:23pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | I HAVE sent a letter to Dawn Primarolo saying I was delighted to read today of proposed moves to ban advertising of cigarettes, and remove them from shop displays, in an endeavour to prevent children's and young people's taking up smoking: such a move has been long delayed. |
| Does age dull driving skills? | | 4:22pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | I WOULD like to ask the question - Are people too old to drive?'
This is after suffering from a type of road rage from a very elderly gentleman whilst driving home. |
| Representing those who voted for me | | 4:22pm Monday 14th April 2008 | | IN response to recent comments made regarding myself I would like to say I became a councillor to help the people I represent, and over the last eleven years I've done just that. |
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