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Feedback & LettersRuth Stephens writes:I’m glad my father-in-law is not around today to read in theNailsworth News he served up stewed tea, (May issue;which offended me.He was very particular about making sure his customers hada good cuppa tea or coffee even at 10pm when the last buscame through from Bristol.Gaye Cameron-Tillett writesTrade Plas AuctionTo all the generous traders of Nailsworth who donated 64quality items I write to say ‘Thank-you’ on behalf of thepeople of Galle, a small town at the SW coast of Sri Lankaand commend John Choppin for organising the event.£4000 was raised at the auction and converted into £5000 viathe charity “Friends of the Galle Project 2005” (FROG).My nephew Oliver Francis, who lived in Nailsworth as aboy, is now one of the full time volunteer workers in Galle.Temporary tents are being upgraded, new water, drainageand lavatories for the schools are being installed and housesrebuilt. Fishermen, seamstresses and many other smallbusinesses are being helped to re-establish themselves andtheir sources of income.I would like to thank Maggie for a delicious meal at LèvesCafé, particularly the mega banoffee pie, Ursula atFandango for a super bracelet and the Forest Green RoverGym for a month of fitness training. So, hooray toNailsworth people for their kindness and generosity.The website www.galleproject2005.co.uk will show in moredetail how greatly the people have benefited.Frank Walker writesRe Sport in Nailsworth article:The Tennis Club has just spent £15,000 on improvements totheir Courts. (More members, more cars)What about a car park? Umm! Don’t need one, its calledPark Road. Umm! So that must mean we can Park there!Re the Mayors Column.Car parking area reclaimed, available for rent at £10 perweek. I wonder if you have any applicants from the TennisClub making bids for these available car parking spaces.A.E. SMITH & SONSolicitorsA.E. Smith & Son, Solicitors is a thriving three-partner practice withoffices in Nailsworth and Stroud. We give clear, practical advice andenjoy lasting relationships with many of our clients.Our range of legal services includes Conveyancing, Wills, Probate,Family, Employment, Education and Litigation.We look forward to being of service to new and existing clients.A.E. Smith & SonA. E. Smith & SonStokescroft, Cossack Square Frome House, London RoadNAILSWORTH, GL6 0DZSTROUD, GL5 2AFTel: 01453 832566 Tel: 01453 757444Free parkingVisit our website: www.aesmith.co.ukEmail: nailsworthenquiries@aesmith.co.uk www.aesmith.co.uk12Christopher Blick writesThis comes from a very disappointed reader of"Nailsworth News" from a small settlement north ofNailsworth, called Stroud! I have been unable toacquire a copy of the April edition!So I send this e-mail in the hope that I can join the prepaidsubscribers list if it applies to non Nailsworthresidents. Since I spent many years in Nailsworth as aboy; that all my family lived in Nailsworth at somestage, and an Aunt and a Cousin still reside at WalkleyWood. I find your News Letter extremely well puttogether and very readable.I also enclose a copy of my late Grand Father's drivinglicence which was one of the earliest issued in theCounty. He was employed as chauffer to the Playnefamily at Longfords. The original is held by theGloucestershire Record Office.(The driving licence did not reproduce well in print butyou should be able to see it on the website. Ed.)Mark Peer writesNailsworth Tennis Club has completed a programme ofrefurbishment to their courts, lights and the clubhouse.The programme has been on hold for over 4 years dueto the uncertainty of the site. The courts were in need ofrepair so we made a decision to spend over £15,000 oftennis club funds on the upgrade.The club would like to expand its activities and makeuse of the area of land next to the courts. Anydevelopment would be funded by the Tennis Club. Wedo not have a HQ in the main building as stated in theMay issue and do not have meetings there because ofthe poor interior state of the building. We are indiscussion with the Subscription Room Committee overa new lease agreement which would allow us to applyfor LTA grant funding to improve facilities inside thebuilding.The club runs 6 teams in the county leagues and wehave 3 qualified coaches able to coach all levels ofability from the beginner to the team player. Subject toa new lease agreement the new court area will allow foran expansion of club membership and once more to runjunior teams. Junior mini-tennis is another activity areawhere we want to expand. Please contact ourmembership secretary, Anna Read, on 845371.General Building ContractorsSpecialist in Stone & Listed BuildingsTraditional Hydraulic Lime WorkTel 01285 760123 Mob: 07976 383969Email Nick.Miles@btinternet.com
Jenny Bailey, Stroud Civic SocietywritesIn reply to Helen Perrin-Summers (Issue 50 March2005), as a society we can sympathize with her concerns.However, as the law stands, one can only rely on anindividual property owner’s knowledge of goodconservation practice unless a building is listed, when thedistrict council can control works carried out, both exteriorand interior. (A lot of people think interiors are notcovered by listing.) Often a modest exterior concealsimportant features e.g. fireplaces, stairs, panelling andcupboards.The other protection is an Article 4 directive in aconservation area, which removes permitted developmentrights, so porches, windows, doors etc need permission foralterations. Without this, permission is only needed fordemolition, with or without new-build, but any proposalsfor development have to consider the effect on theconservation area.Building Regulations now are so tight because of energyconservation that new build has to have controlledventilation. Replacement windows in non-listed buildingsshould be double-glazed. Old houses, because of theirconstruction and use of traditional materials, need tobreathe. It is therefore always better to repair old windowsand doors rather than replace, and leave chimneys forventilation. New wood can easily be scarfed into rottedbottom rails by a competent joiner (as happened with thewindows of Psi Soft).Over 20 years, I have seen great improvements inconservation because people are becoming more aware,helped by our free booklet, “Keeping It In Style”. Thisgives guidance to property owners, with a list ofconservation craftsmen, and is available from the TouristInformation Centre, the Town Council, the library,Bruton’s and the Copper Kettle. And remember, talk to theprofessionals at Ebley Mill before you start work, notafterwards.A nightingale sang…Brian Kings tells me that the people of Shortwood/Horsleyhave been kept awake recently by the song of anightingale. We went up and sat patiently for a while oneevening but it must have been having a rest! We weresorry to miss it.Fred Boulton writes from Bridgwater,SomersetI am researching family history on behalf of a distantcousin in Connecticut, a descendant of WilliamSeabourne, licensee of the Crown Hotel in Market Streetfrom about 1880 to after 1930. William’s son, Daniel,went to America sometime in 1901, followed by a cousinof my father, Ada Boulton, in 1904. They were marriedsoon after her arrival. Any information, photographs, etc.about William Seabourne would be appreciated. I think hewas at one time Secretary of Nailsworth Golf Club.If descendants of any of William’s other children alive in1901, Alice, Samuel and George, are still local toNailsworth I would be pleased to hear from them. 01278671648.Bill Affleck writesNailsworth made the front page of the SNJ with anaccount of a young woman whose car was rammed by ahit and run driver after a dispute about who should giveway in Pike Lane. In the same week a lady and her elderlymum came into the Town Information Centre verydistressed at having been abused in a similar situation inShortwood. This is simply unacceptable behaviour. Noone pretends that driving round Nailsworth is easy withnarrow roads to start with and the situation aggravated byever more on-street parking. It can only work if peopleshow consideration and, not to put too fine a point, keeptheir cool. Getting angry doesn’t help and verbal orphysical violence is totally unacceptable. If you are thevictim, get the number of the car involved and get it andan account of the incident to the police. 0845 090 1234will do the trick. For drivers the word is ‘keep your cooland keep your car – if you can’t you shouldn’t be allowedon the road’. Let’s get it together and stamp this out.B. A. HATHAWAYP R I N T E R SThe professional approachto all your printing needsWEDDING AND PERSONALSTATIONERYALL COMMERCIAL PRINTINGMAGAZINES, BOOKS, ANNUALREPORTS ETC., ETC …Old Market, Nailsworth, Glos. GL6 ODUTel: 01453 833675 Fax: 01453 83371313NAILSWORTH GARDEN MACHINERYSuppliersof a largerange ofDomesticandCommercialGardenEquipmentTel: 01453 834787 Mob: 07966 149539 25A Nailsworth MillsEstate, Avening Rd., Nailsworth GL6 0AN
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