This could solve parking issue
Re: the letter, Solution for school issue?, (Courier November 2).
I wholeheartedly agree with the suggestion from R Spreadbury for a 200m red-line area around schools.
A little exercise for the youngsters would be a very good start for them in maintaining a future healthy lifestyle.
If the parents get involved as well, even better.
Anything which eases the problems faced by those living in the vicinity of schools would be a tremendous help.
Our road, which is very narrow and has no pavements, is plagued by vehicles parking in an obstructive manner.
Properties here have a covenant in the deeds, which, due to this narrow design, prevents residents from parking.
Parents picking up their loved ones seem to be oblivious of the inconvenience they cause.
I do hope that, R Spreadbury, you have also made the local and county councils aware of your suggestion.
Graham Archer
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spirituality
Amazing Grace touched heart
Please read these words:
Who breaks the power of sin and darkness
Whose love is mighty and so much stronger
The King of Glory, the King above all Kings
Who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder
and leaves us breathless in awe and wonder
the King of Glory, the King above all Kings
This is amazing Grace
This is unfailing love
that you would take my place
that you would bear my cross
you lay down your life
that I would be set free
oh, Jesus I sing for
all that you’ve done for me
Who brings our chaos back into order
who makes the orphan a son and daughter
the King of Glory, the King of Glory
Who rules the nations with truth and justice
shines like the sun in all of it’s brilliance
the King of Glory, the King above all Kings
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
worthy is the King who conquered the grave
If these words (from This Is Amazing Grace) have touched your heart like they have mine and you would like to know more about Jesus Christ, you’ll be most welcome to come along to Garstang Free Methodist Church.
Phil Welsby
via email
health
Beards take on bowel cancer
We’re calling on your readers to help us to harness the power of the beard to take on bowel cancer this Christmas.
Beating Bowel Cancer’s Decembeard campaign asks men to grow or decorate their beard to raise funds for the charity.
This will help us to support bowel cancer patients and raise awareness of the disease. Please sign up today at Decembeard.org.
Charlotte Dawson
Head Nurse for Beating Bowel Cancer’s Helpline
sport
A grateful thank you
How dare a shower like FIFA tell us that we can’t wear shirt poppies for the England v Scotland match this week.
They are not a political statement. They are a grateful thank you to the millions who didn’t come home, and those who did. Still, the worst sanction FIFA can impose on us is a points deduction, and should that be a big one, we may not qualify, and that would save us from the usual humiliation! Can’t lose!
Allan Fazackerley
via email
sport
Remembrance
Why hold a football match on Remembrance Day anyway?
It should be a time to remember our fallen not a day for tawdry sporting fixtures!
John Eoin Douglas
via email
environment
Flood concerns
The River Wyre is restricted by willow trees and trash between St Michael’s and Cartford when it is in spate.
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