Letters: Leaf close also ruffled by parking

HAVING read your article on parking issues regarding the parents of children attending Northwood College (reference above), I can confirm on behalf of the residents in Leaf Close that we are also suffering owing to a majority of parents inconsiderately parking between 8am and 9am and 2pm to 4pm every day during term-time.Read

Letters: Pick-up parents lack any courtesy

I ALSO live in Dormans Close and over the years my life has been made an absolute misery (reference above).Read

Letters: Residents should not complain

I AM writing to express my opinion on your recent article about the parking situation in Dormans Close, Northwood (Nightmare on Dormans Close, Ruislip and NorthwoodRead

Letters: Stump carving is a welcome addition

STROLLING around Churchfield Gardens on my daily dog walk, I was surprised to see a man attacking the stump of a recently felled tree with a chainsaw.Read

Letters: Do council departments speak to each other?

ALTHOUGH I don't live in the catchment area of Minet Junior School, I often wonder whether there is any communication between Hillingdon Council's highway and planning departments.Read

Letters: Hillingdon does not give enough support to the arts

I HAVE read with great interest the Dan Coombs article and the letter submitted by Catherine Edington regarding the cuts in the Hillingdon Music Service (Musicians argue cuts to music service is a road to nowhere, Gazette, February 16). Read

Letters: Nobody has a right to park where they like

The plain fact is that nobody has any 'right' whatsoever to park vehicle(s) anywhere except on their own property - which extremely rarely includes any adjacent roadway.Read

Letters: Breakdown behind three-hour ride

FOLLOWING your article, Train breakdown causes chaos, in last week's Uxbridge Leader, I am sure I will not be the only one to report the situation on the evening of Thursday, February 3.Read

Letters: Eighty per cent in favour of spit fines

ON BEHALF of Hayes Town Partnership, I would like to applaud the action by Hillingdon Council in introducing on-the-spot fines for spitting in public places (see previous letter).Read

Letters: Keep the dentist, close takeaways

I AM a resident of Harefield and also a customer of Mr Melhuish's dentist surgery, and I am shocked to find it is closing (Village's only dentist to close, Harefield Gazette, February 9).Read

Letters: On receiving end of revolting spitter

I TOTALLY agree that spitters should be fined (Now it is on-the-SPIT fines, Hayes and Harlington Gazette, February 9).Read

Letters: Protect churches at all costs

I WAS absolutely appalled and disgusted at your story regarding the theft from St Mary's, although I now live in Bedfont (Church faces ruin over thefts, Gazette, February 9).Read

Letters: Some cool ideas for the ice rink

YOU wrote an article about how the price drop boosted ice rink sales and asked how it could be improved (Lower ticket prices give ice rink a n-ice return, Gazette, January 19).Read

Letters: The heaven that is Hillingdon Hospital

ANGELS are real: I have all the proof that I need after visiting Hillingdon Hospital every day for the past four weeks to see my wife, Marianne, who was in the Critical Care Unit (CCU).Read

Calling former RAF band musicians

THE RAF Music Services Association is looking for new members from former Royal Air Force musicians.Read

Nightmare day at Hillingdon Hospital

AFTER reading your report entitled Injured OAP's 13 hours on a trolley (Ruislip and Northwood Gazette, January 5), and also Op experience a frightening one (Letters, January 26), I must write about my husband's experience at Hillingdon Hospital.Read

Trains and staff - my Met misery

MY JOURNEY from Eastcote to central London on the Metropolitan line is now such misery I have applied to be a home worker.Read

Stand up for us against HS2

ISN'T it time Ruislip Residents' Association made known its views about the issue of High Speed Two and its effect on part of Ruislip?Read

Connexions proved such a help for me

I HEARD that Connexions was shutting down, and then I saw the article in the Uxbridge Gazette (Connexions is shutting early, January 19).Read

Give park rangers back their powers

WE LIVE adjacent to The Closes park in West Drayton, and have witnessed and suffered years of teenage drinking either in the park or outside our property (Council strips park rangers of their powers to confront yobs, Gazette, January 12).Read

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