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Cash must be spent on Carlton
Sir,
I hope this £20m allocated for Carlton isn’t frittered away and the ‘independent’ board manage to avoid being influenced by politicians.
Let’s be honest, if our local councillors have a say the money would somehow find its way to Arnold.
Carlton needs this cash. Let’s hope it might be used on improving Carlton Square or making Carlton Hill a real shopping destination as there are some wonderful independent shops up there.
A new green space would be nice. A country park maybe?
So my plea as a Carltonian is to keep the council at arms length and avoid someone finding a way to spend it on another Arnold white elephant – as always!
Name and address withheld by request
Serial shoplifter needs support
Sir,
I read your story regarding Samantha Clay and I found very sad as the woman clearly has a lot of complex issues.
Yes, she is breaking the law and does need to pay for her crimes in some way, but I hope that she received the desperate support and treatment I feel that she is crying out for by her ‘attention seeking’ behaviour.
This is clearly a massive cry for help.
I do feel sorry for the shop owners, who are losing lots of money through her actions, but I’m very hopeful if she is treated like a person, who is clearly very poorly psychologically than a criminal, she’ll have a bright and hopeful future by turning her life around.
V Arnall,
Via email
Stop pretending you’re in Stoke Bardolph!
Sir,
Regarding a letter you published last week claiming Rivendell was part of Burton Joyce or Stoke Bardolph (LETTERS 08/05/24 ‘We are NOT Netherfield‘)
Rivendell IS an extension of Netherfield – and why be ashamed of that?
My first house was a great mid-terrace there. Rivendell is barely a mile from Netherfield, but two miles from the rural village of Stoke Bardolph and over two miles from Burton Joyce.
And the retail units on Teal Close call themselves Netherfield so stop pretending you are in Stoke Bardolph.
Sue J,
via email
Slope story brought back lovely memories
Sir,
It was nice to read your piece on what was called the Carlton Forum dry slope.
I learned to ski and made my first ever turns on that ski slope in the 1970s. I lived in Long Eaton but stayed a lot with my Nana in Gedling.
I spent the last 40 years somehow managing to make quite a good living as a freelance ski journalist, also taking hundreds of trips to ski areas around the world as part of the job, all thanks to that dry ski slope in Gedling!
I even do a website all about dry slopes all around the world as a sideline: https://dryslopenews.com/ so that long gone little slope means a lot to me!
