Letters to the editor - Woking Informer

Generosity is not flagging - thanks

THE Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Families Association wishes to thank everyone who donated to the flag day held at the Emsleigh Shopping Centre and Shepperton High Street on February 13.Read

Here's to the next 60 years of fun

MUSIC, laughter, fun and good food were in abundance for the celebration of 60 years since the Darby and Joan club in Laleham opened on 15 January, 1950.Read

Poetic injustice in a roundabout way

There's no way in, there's no way out,Read

Repel vampires - and stop smoking

I WAS working in a pub when I was told to eat garlic because it is good for you so I went to the chemist and bought some garlic capsules.Read

Vote to help those fighting cancer

I AM writing to raise awareness of Macmillan's Vote Cancer Support campaign.Read

Walking the wall for ms charity

Thank you for publishing the email from Ruth Horne in your edition of the Staines and Ashford News on March 4.Read

We know cuts are same as changes

AT THE recent Elmbridge Council meeting proposing the budget, the Conservative Leader of the Council, Councillor Roy Taylor, stated they had 'protected front-line services' and 'there were no cuts in services - but changing with the times'.Read

Crossing borders by the riverside

IN THE Riverwatch article by Mort Smith, on February 25, he refers to cutting down "...a lot of trees on the towpath of the Surrey bank of the Thames, near Weybridge".Read

Helpline for carers gets my support

MORE than five million people across the UK care for a loved one, yet shockingly, more than two-thirds of those do not see themselves as carers, and do not register on the radars of health or care organisations.Read

Now is the time to be a veggie

MARCH is veggie month, so if you, or someone you know, has been thinking about going veggie, this is the perfect time to kick the meat habit and open your mind, body and taste buds to the possibilities of new foods and improved health.Read

Patient safety is our objective

I WOULD like to make it very clear that Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is not putting any patients' lives at risk, as your headline suggests in last week's Surrey Herald (article entitled 'Hospital Trust criticised for not acting on [safety] alerts').Read

So, show me who wants airtrack...

COUNCILLOR Turner-Stewart accuses me of 'political point scoring' (News, February 18). I have to say that I don't see what evidence she can have for this.Read

Step back in history for ms

THE MS Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for people to visit Hadrian's Wall: Britain's Roman frontier, this summer.Read

'Civil' has nothing to do with this lot

I FULLY support the proposal for motorists to be able to appeal to an independent tribunal with regards to rogue clampers.Read

Empty web house invite to burglars

THE other morning, a civilian burglary investigating officer working for Surrey Police called upon us and our neighbours.Read

Healthy? Not with potholes like this

I READ in the newspaper that the Elmbridge part of Surrey was very healthy to live in, and people live longer.Read

Hunting ban has been a success

THIS week marks five years since the cruelty of hunting with dogs was made illegal in this country.Read

Meeting tonight on rat-run moves

FURTHER to the report last week, 'Council's solution to a rat-run under fire'.Read

Shepperton - you came out in force

ON BEHALF of the Soldiers Sailors Airman Families Association, SSAFA 'Forces Help', I would like to express their thanks for the generous donations people made in Shepperton on Saturday, February 13, as part of SSAFA's 125th anniversary street collection.Read

South west trains - what happened?

NOW the independent report into the failings of Eurostar on December 18-19 has been published and recommendations made, is it too much to hope that a similar independent report may be undertaken into the chaos which occurred on South West Trains on January 7?Read