Letters

In response to previous article - control of grey squirrels - I think it's awful that people call them pests. The government should change them from non invasive as they have been in England for years. They are only living beings trying to survive like all wildlife and as we are guardians of this earth we should respect and look after them. I think humans are the invasive species with billions of us on this planet. Grey squirrels are beautiful creatures, I have never seen one dig up a lawn, they provide food for foxes too. Also I see no government scheme in reintroducing red squirrels so why control Grey's? Anyone out there keep feeding the grey squirrel and respect them, they are cute and after hundreds of year they are truly part of our English ecosystem. Love live the grey squirrel. North Weald Resident Editor’s Comment:- I couldn’t agree more, I love watching them. At a family home in Epping, squirrels regularly visit, running along the fence, eating nuts etc. I could watch them all day.

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The mess left by some uncaring people /young or older is a very sad and disgraceful sight. It’s also very dangerous . There was a large broken plate in many pieces near the flood pond recently! Also a settee tucked under bushes where young boys were sitting by a barbeque and masses of litter. Dog mess left everywhere as well ! By adults . Would the people who know they are to blame, please try to be more caring and could parent’s and grandparents please teach the youngsters to pick up littler - put it in a bin/take it back home. Most Important - we are all at risk if a fire breaks out !!!! Please think and take care of the open spaces we are lucky enough to still have. Thank you.

Editor’s Comment—I agree, there is no need for fly tipping or dropping litter. Recently there was a boat on a trailer dumped in Church Lane and this could have caused an accident, in the dark this would not have been seen. I know that the Council and Police were made aware. Some people do care, I know a few people who regularly who go out picking up litter accompanied by their grandchildren. Just take the rubbish home, put in a bin or take it to the dump.

On Sunday 11 September the Chairman of Epping Forest District Council, Cllr Mary Sartin read the formal Proclamation our new King for the district. The Deputy Lieutenant of Essex, District and Town and Parish Councillors, residents and Epping Forest District Council staff gathered outside the Civic Offices in Epping to hear the Proclamation and gave 3 cheers to His Majesty the King. Mrs Rosemary Padfield, Deputy Lieutenant of Essex said:"We come together this afternoon following the death of our late Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II. Our sadness at this time is shared by people across the globe as we remember with affection and gratitude the lifetime of service given by our longest reigning Monarch. "But the basis on which our monarchy is built has endured that through the centuries the Crown has passed in an unbroken line of succession. Today’s ceremony marks the formal Proclamation to the people of Epping Forest District of the beginning of our new King’s reign." The Proclamation of the Accession The Proclamation at Epping followed the meeting of the Accession Council on Saturday 10 September at St. James’s Palace to proclaim our new Sovereign. Cllr Mary Sartin said: "It is my humble duty, to bring the words of the Proclamation to the residents of the District of Epping Forest." The Proclamation of the Accession Whereas it is pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the second of Blessed and Glorious Memory by whose Decease the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the Prince, Charles Philip Arthur George we, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, and members of the House of Commons, together with other members of her late majesty’s Privy Council and representatives of the realms and territories, Aldermen and citizens of London and others, do now hereby with one Voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and proclaim that the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now, by the Death of our late Sovereign of happy Memory, become our only Lawful and Rightful Liege Lord, Charles the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all his other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith to whom we do acknowledge all Faith and Obedience with humble Affection, beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless His Majesty with Long and Happy years to Reign over us, Given at St. James’s Palace this tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-two. God save The King.

The display at the Penny Salon in Ongar Station Photo: Malcolm Batten

Many readers will be familiar with the ‘Penny Salon’, situated within Ongar Station. Our current exhibition features ‘Our Steam and Pleasant Land’, which went live in early September and has attracted a large number of visitors. A total of 46 A3 framed prints were chosen from an initial 120 'probable' framed examples to grace the walls. Further images are also on display on each side on the centrepiece, portraying the 1961 - 64 era in both colour & black & white imagery, thus making 58 pictures on display overall. For those that have not visited us yet, the exhibition will be live until the end of October. It is anticipated that snow will again adorn the walls of the salon over some of the Christmas and New-Year holiday period (to be confirmed). We are approaching a busy operational period on the Railway. Full details are available on our website: - www.eorailway.co.uk Epping Ongar Railway – it’s part of your local heritage! Robert Good Epping Ongar Railway Volunteer Society