Category: Letters
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Letters to the editor – November 24 2023
Community consultation on KGV garden has been thorough The Ardrishaig Community Garden (ACG) Committee is disappointed to learn about the KGV Park Association’s objections to the development of a community garden within the KGV Park in Ardrishaig. The idea for a community garden was first proposed at a public community council meeting in February 2022.…
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Letters to the editor – November 17 2023
Independence is normal It has been 42 years since the small, Central American nation of Belize gained Independence from the UK. For this it had to defy both the UK and the United States. Key to the gaining of that independence was George Price, who led the People’s United Party. With strong ties to the…
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Letters to the Editor – 16.11.23
Statue to Hamish MacInnes should replace house plan Over the many years I worked for Oban Express Parcel Delivery Service, my delivery area included Kinlochleven, Glencoe, Glen Etive, White Corries, Black Corries and surrounding areas. During that time I delivered to Hamish MacInnes, Glencoe mountain rescue team, packages etc to his home address. While doing…
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Letters – November 10 2023
Show support and remembrance for RAF veterans To mark Armistice Day (11 Nov) and Remembrance Sunday (12 Nov), I would like to take this opportunity to commemorate those who bravely served in the Second World War, including RAF veterans who fought for their country. I joined the RAF towards the end of 1940. My flying…
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Letters to the Editor – 9.11.23
A national disgrace? Having visited Oban for its own sake on many occasions, as well as for the sole purpose of catching a ferry, I have often noted the sorry state of the flags in the memorial fountain garden in Argyll Square. The Union flag, Saltire and flag of the Commonwealth of Nations sit together…