Despite all the doom and gloom we see and read in this world, we have the heart-warming story of the eight-year-old youngster who’s been under daily treatment for leukaemia and how the Band of Brothers (BOB) – a charity helping people battling illness or injury – called on some of their 50,000-strong community, and 13 roofers came forward, sponsored by SIG Roofing providing the materials ‘at no cost’.
What a fantastic good news story and despite papers being full of nasty hate-fuelled things, it’s things like the story of Ben and the fantastic people who gave their time and materials to help him and his family that really lifts your heart.
D M Deamer
Penleys Grove Street
Monkgate
York
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Something to celebrate in these gloomy days
I want to just say thank you to the ‘card fairy’!
I had written a birthday card for my granddaughter ready to post as she is away at university. However, on my way it fell out of my bike basket but I didn’t notice. A passing motorist tried to get my attention but I didn’t realise.
I wrote another card to send off but she got two in the end because the very kind person posted the lost one with a note on the back to explain and a message ‘love from the Card Fairy’.
I thought that this was something to celebrate in these days of gloomy news!
Anne Horner
Carrington Avenue
York
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Praise where it’s due
At the moment I think Government-bashing outweighs council-bashing in The Press letters columns, although I admit I’ve not been counting. It’s just an impression I’ve gained, but the council does get its fair (?) share.
I’m therefore glad to thank whoever was behind the just-delivered Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward Community Directory 2025. It’s a handy, well-presented and clear ‘mini-guide’. Nice cover, too. Just one point; an area map would have been useful. I can see the publication being referred to by a cross-section of the community with its directory of organisations and services and contact details.
I don’t know if these booklets have been produced for each ward across the council’s jurisdiction or whether it’s due to the initiative of our three excellent local councillors in our neck of the woods. I notice it’s funded by our ward committee.
Some may argue that priority should have been given to the national pastime of pothole-filling, for instance, but a wad of these pamphlets wouldn’t go very far in this regard! Potholes remind me that it’s good, for a change, to make a bit of a splash for at least part of the city council.
May I suggest that the Press runs a readers’ best councillors competition or would that be usurping local elections?
Derek Reed
Middlethorpe Drive
York
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Station gateway
Well I’ve gone by as normal on a bus and I can’t see what they’ve done to warrant closing it to traffic for two-plus days – then they tell us it’s over budget. Wonder why.
Dave Matthewman
Green Lane
Acomb
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