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Netherfield could benefit from new leisure centre
Sir,
I am quite angry that Netherfield was not considered by the council as a location for the new leisure centre that will replace the two Carlton facilities.
The town gets no funding whatsoever and there is nothing to do for youngsters who live there.
I think Netherfield would an ideal location for the proposed leisure centre. It would help tackle the obesity in local children and improve fitness of those that live there.
It seems again that Netherfield has been overlooked. Unless you have a car there is no easy access for residents to leisure facilities. The town is being neglected.
G Talbot,
Netherfield
Leisure centre investment ‘welcomed’
Sir,
I am glad to see that Carlton’s leisure centres are going to get some much-needed investment. As a member of Gedling Leisure. I think this is money well spent and will keep people in Carlton active and healthy.
The facilities and the staff are good at both centres, but to give them a funding boost will make it even better.
Mark Desgranges,
Carlton
E-scooter menace in ruining town centre
Sir,
Does the council think Netherfield has vanished?
Maybe they could visit for a day and count the numbers of illegal e-scooters that come through Netherfield on their way to the shops and to work in Colwick. They come through with no hesitation and no helmets or care for other road users. All they have for protection are masks and balaclavas and at the speed they come through its quite dangerous for them and other people.
We see very few members of the police and this means they get away with immunity – please ask that Gedling Borough Council to think about the small areas and not just about the Carlton and Arnold areas.
Mr Martin,
Netherfield
Young generation believes everything should be free
Sir,
We worked nine-hour shifts daily, and some were on shifts or even permanent night shifts.
Our standard annual holiday was only two weeks, not today’s four- to six-week holidays.
We only got two days at Christmas and one day at New Year, not like today’s long 10-day break.
My generation appreciated the sacrifices our parents made during the war when things were hard.
Food was rationed, sweets were non-existent, and ordinary working families did not have a car.
You either walked to work or took a bus or tramcar.
There is nothing wrong with improving living conditions.
My parents worked hard to provide me with a better education and an opportunity to have a better life than they had, and so we follow their example.
There is definitely a feeling among the younger generation that everything should be supplied free.
Unfortunately, the old British Empire is long gone, and the Commonwealth also. Britain is now a poor, third-world-rated country, and we have to accept that.
Ian Ross
Arnold
Starmer can make Britain ‘great again’
Sir,
What a great speech from Sir Keir Starmer to the Labour Party Conference.
Just as the right wing tabloids were writing him off and parts of the media were in a leadership frenzy, up stood the Prime Minister to deliver a speech exposing Reform for what they really stand for and to set out Labour’s achievements to date and his own vision for the future.
Be it green jobs, kids free meals, or a fair deal for carers, this was the vision of a Prime Minister hungry for more success and the chance to continue to make Britain great again.
Geoffrey Brooking
via email
