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Letters to the Editor

Part of our children's birthright

WHATEVER has happened to Weston-super-Mare? - a town with an extra special name.... » MORE

There to serve the community

IN VIEW of the recent events, it is obvious that Nigel Ashton has no interest in regenerating Weston and cultural heritage has no value to him.... » MORE

Storing the exhibits

THE council s plans to close completely the area museum and put the exhibits in store to save money don t tie up.... » MORE

It's surely big enough

IF CLLR Ap Rees wants to use council-owned property instead of leasing, then why cannot the council refurbish the museum and move Weston based officials there.... » MORE

We should have a right to be able to see them

I CANNOT even begin to describe my feelings on seeing the headline in last week's Mercury.... » MORE

Closed, demolished or in decay

WHEN I was a boy growing up in Weston I had the privilege of enjoying many of the facilities that were built for us by our forefathers.... » MORE

Work more effectively

I WAS disappointed by last week's coverage of issues relating to North Somerset Council which included some inaccurate and incomplete reporting of the facts.... » MORE

Keep museum in Gaslight building

LISTENING to Radio Bristol broadcast on Monday about the closure of Weston Museum, in Burlington Street, I am disappointed that Dr Howard Smith did not put a stronger case forward for keeping the museum in the old Gaslight building... » MORE

Covering many millennia

THE Friends of North Somerset Museum were very alarmed to read the report in last week's Weston Mercury about the proposed closure of the museum.... » MORE

Independent

WITH reference to former senior councillor Ken Lacey's suggestion that Weston could be better off with its own independent council.... » MORE

Devastating

I WAS horrified to read in your paper that North Somerset Museum is set to close.... » MORE

It's a disgrace

ENOUGH is enough, North Somerset Council is trying to save money but to do a U-turn and close our museum when it was supposed to be looking at ways to save it, takes the biscuit.... » MORE

Unique and valuable resource

I WAS dismayed to learn from your front page article last week that the closure of the North Somerset Museum is now a real possibility.... » MORE

 

HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTER...

If you want to have your say on local issues, write to: Readers’ Letters, Weston & Somerset Mercury, 32 Waterloo Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1LW. You can also fax us on 01934 422600 or e-mail us at newsdesk@thewestonmercury.co.uk - the deadline for publication is 12noon on Tuesday.

We reserve the right to edit or omit letters. All letters must be signed, fully addressed and carry, if possible, a telephone number. Requests for anonymity should be capable of justification.

 

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