Readers’ Letters is a weekly column giving you the prospect to have your say on problems affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not replicate the sights of the Stray Ferret. Send your views to [email protected].
This letter follows an short article about overflowing bins in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens. A lot of viewers ended up upset about the condition of the bins above the Easter bank vacation weekend.
The dilemma of overflowing squander bins in Harrogate is a current challenge.
We frequently commented on overflowing bins when checking out other cities, as it was so uncommon below. How lucky we were to have Harrogate Borough Council in cost, which took delight in this city.
But it all altered a yr in the past soon after our area council disappeared and we experienced North Yorkshire Council inflicted on us – a modify that none of us voted for.
Anne Boodt, Harrogate
Extra grammatical faults on street indications in Harrogate
This letter is in reaction to a story about North Yorkshire Council getting rid of apostrophes from road signals. The new format will be adopted when symptoms are changed.
Pertaining to the lacking apostrophe on St Mary’s Wander, there also really should not be a comprehensive stop after St (as per one particular of the indicators).
So, vigilantes looking to insert an apostrophe with their marker pens ought to also paint out the entire halt.
Michael Clarke, Harrogate
Are we actually planting trees as a tick box exercise?
This letter follows a tale about 29,000 trees remaining planted in Masham to make new woodlands.
I am the last individual on earth to criticise a tree planting initiative, as exemplified at Swinton Estate in Masham.
But what drives me to utter distraction is the wholly unnatural and mechanical way in which trees are planted in properly straight lines.
Are we seriously performing this as a box ticking exercising or trying to build new all-natural habitats?
Believe about when these trees have matured. It will seem ludicrously unnatural and most likely close up serving as a sustainable supply of wooden or paper – NOT a habitat for wildlife or a spot for people today to enjoy the gains of mother nature.
Trees do not expand in straight traces.
You might as well be element of a planting scheme along a motorway verge if that’s the method you condone. Totally ignorant of natural habitats, but however supplying oneself a pat on the back.
I am so frustrated by these illustrations of mass tree planting…
Mark Fuller, Harrogate
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