Stamford, Spalding and Rutland letter writers share their views with LincsOnline
Readers have shared their thoughts on what’s in the news.
Here we share some of the letters, emails and comments that have come in over the week, including this cartoon from John Elson.
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To you it was just a cat
To the person who hit my cat on Cold Overton Road, Oakham.
To you it was just a cat
I received a phone call from a stranger telling me my cat was dead. My world fell apart. A lovely couple brought my little girl back home to me. I will always be grateful for their kindness. They won't forget that phone call or wrapping her in a towel to bring her home.
To you it was just a cat
I'm sure you haven't given it a second thought and sleep soundly at night. I still cry myself to sleep every night and my remaining cat tries to comfort me.
To you it was just a cat.
My world was shattered that day. I will eventually put the pieces back together but they will never fit the same way again. Her brother misses her, he goes looking and calling for her, waiting for her to come home
But he is just a cat.
My little girl was a beautiful tiny cat with a huge personality. She was a rescue cat, affectionate and loving, wanting to sit on my knee. I only got to have her for 11 months. You broke my heart that day. It will mend but there will always be a tear that won't ever heal. I will miss her every day of my life.
To you it was just a cat.
SHE WASN'T JUST A CAT.
Donna Roberts
Oakham
Broadway Blockbusters!
On a beautiful May evening we travelled from Yorkshire to attend the Concert of the Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein and of Andrew Lloyd Webber, performed by The Rutland Sinfonia. We were warmly welcomed to the Concert venue at St. Peters Church in Oundle. The Church was packed with people when we arrived which gave the immediate impression that we were in for a really entertaining evening.
The orchestra gave us a very rich sound from rousing to mellow. We journeyed from the ballroom of the King of Siam, through the plains of Oklahoma, dipped our toes in the South Pacific Seas to the hills and meadows of Austria in The sound of Music.
The second half gave us a biblical feast beginning in the seventies with Jesus Christ Superstar, we stopped to hear the haunting sounds of the Phantom in the Paris Opera House progressed onto Argentina and Eva Peron, the junkyard where Cats play and finally to the colourful and witty Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
The conductor was very enthusiastic and this only served to make the concert more enjoyable. We cannot wait to hear them again!
Hilary and John Trevorrow
Yorkshire
Service is excellent
It was with much dismay that I read the report on proposed changes to the Oakham Minor Injury / Urgent Care Service.
A few weeks ago, during mid-morning, I fell to my knees – due to a blood pressure drop – and in the process took a sizeable slice from the back of my right hand. I was seen at Cold Overton Road and effectively repaired within an hour with the injury healing over during the following four weeks. The present service works exceptionally well and does not need administrative tinkering. Without the walk-in service I would have faced the challenge of driving to Corby or Peterborough.
This service needs to be enhanced and extended to meet the cited increasing demand; any ‘confusion’ could simply be resolved with a prominent display board at the unit and Oakham Medical Practice detailing scope and opening hours. A give-away leaflet would also help.
It’s time for organisation and association leaders in the town to step up and protest and support issues raised by Healthcare Rutland. The Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board can be contacted via this link: https://leicesterleicestershireandrutland.icb.nhs.uk/contact/
Brian Chester
Barleythorpe
Disappointed over panels
Many of us are dismayed at the sight of solar arrays covering large areas of high-grade agricultural land that should be providing food.
One alternative is to use roofs to house solar panels, and I am delighted with the ones I have - I do appreciate not having to pay to use my electric oven on a sunny day, and even when the sun is not bright, the panels are reducing my overall energy bills.
It is therefore disappointing to see adverts in your papers for new houses with either very small solar panels or none at all.
If we buy a house, we should surely be thinking not only of the initial purchase price but of the cost of living there for years to come. I hope our housebuilders will get this message.
David Jones
Spalding
