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and paths of today’s Yetminster I came across another dog walker picking up the you know what. However it was not the deposits of her own dog. She was clearing up after other careless dog owners. While I have every admiration for this lady’s community spirit, isn’t it a shame that she had to do such a thing? Come on you anti-social dog owners have sense of pride in the village. Bag it and bin it, as the notices say. If you haven’t completed it yet, don’t forget the Neighbourhood Plan Survey. You have till 19 October to submit your views. The Government is looking at Planning laws again but approved neighbourhood plans will be taken into consideration. This survey is a vital step on the path to approval.
St. Andrew’s clock tower
Stepping out into Church Street on early mornings has been like stepping through a time warp. The tap, tap, tapping of metal against stone coming from the tower of St. Andrew’s Church – often the only sound to be heard – must be how it was in the Middle Ages when churches could take a hundred years to build. A stonemason quite literally could have a job for life. Looking up at the tower one could imagine the scaffolding of wooden poles secured with ropes. No metal secured with clamps. No visi-vests. No hard hats. No health and safety: if you fell off or were hit by falling masonry it would have been “the will of God”. One morning someone turned on a power tool and the fantasy disappeared. Back in the real world of the roads 32
David Torrance is standing down from the Parish Council. (It’s hidden there in the report on p.34.) He has done sterling work over the years for the
