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Thank you for your stamp donations
BELOW is a letter published on behalf of Mrs E Rodber, of Salisbury.
Mrs Rodber collects used stamps for the Donkey Sanctuary charity and wished to publish the letter for all those who donate their stamps
We are happy to help get the message out!
Thank you for your kind donation of used stamps to help raise money for the donkeys. We are still accepting used stamps, we are able to sell them to a local stamp dealer for a good price.
The money that we raise will go towards helping donkeys and mules across the globe.
Many donkeys suffer appalling conditions while carrying out essential jobs, such as toiling in the brick kilns of India, or carrying vital supplies for rural communities in Africa.
Thanks to supporters like you, we are on hand, educating people to look after their donkeys better and treating wounds and injuries so that donkeys lead healthier and more comfortable lives.
Thank you.
THE DONKEY SANCTUARY Sidmouth, Devon
Can we blame the government?
SO, we all know the country is in a dire financial state.
But there are a few things everyone cares to forget when they complain about the government not wanting to give nurses and train drivers - to name a few - more money.
Firstly, we have to look at Covid.
The government paid for business to survive during that period, which enabled workers to be paid and most people to financially survive the pandemic.
Now, we all know a few schemes went wrong and some
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unscrupulous people and companies took advantage while the government rushed to try and get enough PPE.
But no one had any experience of the situation, so mistakes were made. I am sure they did their best.
Now we are all complaining that there is no one to do all the jobs in the NHS, to drive trucks to deliver food, or drive buses and all the other unskilled jobs.
The fact is we voted for Brexit, which effectively said to many Europeans, ‘don’t come to the UK’.
We told the rest of the world we didn’t want to lose jobs, so they went to other countries to work.
Nurses, doctors, drivers, care workers all went somewhere else.
We can’t blame the government when there are shortages in certain industries. It is, effectively, what many people voted for.
ANONYMOUS via email
Please, get a grip on planning!
FURTHER to your story in edition number 4 of your excellent magazine (‘Council’s invite to visit city is for for a king!’, Edition 4), I struggle to see why the King would choose to visit Salisbury at the moment!
I’m not even a royal and at the moment, I struggle to find the desire to visit the city centre.
Not only is it a nightmare to get in due to so many roadworks, not to mention paying for parking, but when I get there I am not impressed.
Our city used to give such an impression of historic importance, but now I just see modern flats and houses on every available scrap of land.
Who is allowing these things to be built? Someone needs to get a grip on planning in Salisbury, because we are in danger of losing the identity that makes us so popular with visitors.Get a grip planners!
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
Tip-offs needed to stop shifty tippers
IT was good to read about the flytippers in Downton being fined (‘Downton flytippers convicted following threemonth operation’, Edition 6).
It seems to me this is a crime that too often goes unpunished. There definitely needs to be more done to prevent this happening and blighting our wonderful landscape.
There are any number of cowboy companies out there who will promise the best price on disposing of waste - and in a cost of living crisis this is attractive to many.
The council and police should be working to target these people and making sure they pay their way if they step out of line.
You can’t blame people for trying to do things as cheaply as possible, but the authorities know this is happening and should do more to stop it.
