Council hyped collection cost
I THINK it is a fair assumption that most people residing in the SDC area are concerned with the state of the environment, most of which is council lead. To this end the SDC have provided us with green...
View ArticleHands to flying stations!
DID you ever serve on board any of the light fleet carriers, HMS Bulwark, HMS Albion or HMS Centaur? Our association, the HMS Bulwark Albion Centaur Association, is open to anyone who served at anytime...
View ArticleCalling former regiment men of the Somerset Light Infantry
I AM at present trying to update my mailing list of the men who were in the former regiment of the Somerset Light Infantry and who served in the UK, Germany, Malta, Suez and Cyprus in the 1950s.
View ArticleSea Cadets say big thanks
I WRITE on behalf of the Unit Management Committee, CO staff and cadets to say thank you to all those residents who gave generously during our door-to-door collection flag week (June 30 to July 3).
View ArticleThank you for fundraising
MAY I, through your letters page, express my thanks to the people of Burnham and Highbridge for their generosity to the local division during our recent flag week.
View ArticlePride of Britain nominations
IT IS with great pleasure that I will be hosting the tenth annual Pride of Britain awards on ITV1 in October.
View ArticleProposed dwellings on Wallace Wells Road
Following your article in B W News on March 10th, regarding homes to be built in Wallace Wells Road. I would like to make the following comments.
View ArticleLocal Church to read whole od the Authorised Version of bib le
King James Bible – 400th Anniversary Festival 23rd – 30th May 2011 The King James translation of the Bible or Authorised Version (A.V.) was completed in 1611. This year throughout the country many...
View ArticleSerious flooding
WHEN I hear the news of serious flooding in many parts of Britain I look across the road in which I live to the River Brue. I say a heartfelt thank you to the French prisoners-of-war who, in the 1800s,...
View ArticleFirework faux pas
ON Friday evening (August 3) I went to Burnham to watch the sail-past of beautifully lit up boats. The sea was calm, the weather was good - lots of people (me included) walked happy dogs along the...
View ArticleAccident at Cullompton
REGARDING the accident that happened at Cullompton last Wednesday afternoon. We did not witness the accident, but arrived at the service station minutes after it had happened.
View ArticleThree anonymous helpers are thanked
MAY I, through the Weekly News letter page, express my thanks to three young people who assisted my mother when she fell in the road on Wednesday August 22.
View ArticleMore information would be gratefully received
I AM writing in response to an article in Weekly News Memories on September 12 regarding Corporal Frederick Stanley.
View ArticleRelated to missing corporal
The Weekly News recently published a request from P. Reinders of Velp in the Netherlands stating that he wished to contact any relatives of Cpl F. S. Nicholls (who gave his life in the Battle for Arnhem).
View ArticleThanks to all for coffee morning
THANK you to my friends and family who took part in my coffee morning on Friday September 28 in aid of Macmillan Cancer.
View ArticleVolunteers for forthcoming poppy appeal required
THE official launch of our Poppy Appeal 2007 is on October 29 by the Mayor of Burnham-on-Sea, Councillor Pollard, at the branch headquarters, 15 Victoria Street, Burnham-on-Sea at 11am.
View ArticleRemembering Our Boys
THE wars in which our forces are engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan are surrounded by accusations and controversy of all kinds. It's not my intention in this letter to enter into any of this.
View ArticlePossible disaster waiting to happen
I wish to share my letter to the Chief Medical Officer at North Somerset Health Authority with Weekly News readers.
View ArticleThanks for private firework display
DESPITE being pre-warned that Sunday evening's firework display had been cancelled, we decided to carry on and go for a walk as my three and a half-year-old son was very disappointed and couldn't...
View ArticleTwinning Association's Amazing Concert
I AM writing to say how much I enjoyed the concert at King Alfred School on Saturday November 3. It was organised by the Burnham and Highbridge Town Twinning Association and listed under your leisure...
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