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Readers’ letters: The Star readers have their say
Wednesday, November 3
Reader’s letter - Why a train journey from Sheffield to Barnsley ‘ruined day’ of older ladies on trip out after being stuck in the house
I and two friends went to have a day out at Barnsley Market after months of been stuck in the house.
We travelled from Chapeltown to Barnsley by train.
We are all older ladies and our mobility is not great, so be warned if you travel you could be fined £20 if you do not have a ‘promise to pay ticket’.
The train to Barnsley comes in on platform 2, the ticket machine is on platform 1, but we did not know about the ticket after not being out for such a long time.
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Tuesday, November 2
Reader’s letter - Sheffield Clean Air Zone: The city is already a ghost town and will become even more so
Lets take a trip backwards (not so long ago) when Sheffield City Council was hell bent on removing somewhere in the region of 5,000 mature trees – “the lungs of the city” taking in toxins, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and the rest.
Now roll forward and here we have the same city council happy to receive close to £24 million to deliver (with Rotherham) Clean Air Plans throughout the city.
At first glance you may think “well that’s good”, but here’s my problem with it. We already have the buses diverted from Pinstone Street, leaving our less able citizens and people with young families to struggle in their efforts to come into town to shop.
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Friday, October 29
Reader’s letter - ‘When was the name of our dear old Father Christmas changed to Santa Claus? I suspect our American cousins are responsible for that’
Regarding the letter from DA Wragg (Thursday, 30th September), I would comment as follows
I find the following mispronunciations most annoying:
Miricles (s/be Miracles)
Esculate (s/be Escalate)
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Friday, October 29
Reader’s letter - Masks, social distancing and lockdowns don’t stop you getting it - make injections mandatory
I think that we have to just ride this out now, most people will get the flu, and now most people will think the same, it’s not going away.
But you have to live with it just like everything else that has challenged us – masks, social distancing and lockdowns don’t stop you getting it.
People just have to learn and be responsible. In my eyes make it mandatory for the injections.
MORE HERE: Masks, social distancing and lockdowns don’t stop you getting it - make injections mandatory
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Wednesday, October 27
Reader’s letter - Who’s using hate propaganda here? Certainly not Chubby Brown. Maybe some ‘snowflake’ could enlighten us’
First Sheffield Council now Bilston Town Hall, run by Wolverhampton County Council, who are hoping to ban Chubby Brown.
Councillor Celiar Hibbert says some members of the public are “appalled” by his comedy especially as it falls in Black History Month. Councillor Hibbert also happens to be black yet uses the term “there could be rivers of blood” if the show goes ahead. We all know who initially said that and who it is she’s referring to, don’t we?
Who’s using hate propaganda here? Certainly not Chubby Brown.
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Wednesday, October 27
Reader’s letter - “Our recent rise in Covid-19 cases is due to people refusing to get vaccinated”
We have just returned from a week in Rome where the public mostly wore masks and clearly tried to safe distance which is difficult in such a busy city.
I believe that our recent rise in cases is due to people refusing to get vaccinated for whatever reason.
Would these people accept hospital treatment for Covid? If so, can’t they understand that having the vaccination is also treatment but to avoid hospital.
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Wednesday, October 13
Reader’s letter: “MP claiming £82k a year isn’t enough needs to get in the real world”
Peter Bottomly MP, or Father of the House of Commons as he is known, says MPs deserve a pay rise as 82 grand a year is not enough.
He says this just as the 20 quid a week Universal Credit top-up is stopped.
He should stop his bellyaching and get in the real world, the average wage in England is 30 grand a year, this Tory MP hasn’t a clue what’s going on out of the Westminster bubble.
So much for the new cuddly, in-it-together Tories I certainly don’t buy it at all.
Wednesday, October 13
Reader’s letter: “Universal Credit cut will mean real deprivation”
I cannot believe this reduction is still going ahead. The Conservative party are so out of touch with real life.
This cut will deeply affect the people who have been receiving it. It will mean real deprivation. Having to choose between heating or food at a time when both these commodities’ prices are rising drastically.
There will probably be deaths because of this cut.
Tuesday, October 12
Reader’s letter: “Can the NHS really cope? Because from where I am sitting I don’t think it can”
Health secretary Savid Javid says the NHS can cope. Don’t go down the private healthcare route.
There are five million people on the NHS waiting list. Can the NHS really cope? Because from where I am sitting I don’t think it can.
The husband has had a problem with bones in his foot for almost a year.
Obviously the NHS became the National Covid Service so he struggled on, only managing one phone call with our GP. The advice given by the doctor was it will be months and months before we can offer anything.
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Tuesday October 12
Reader’s letter: “Where are Sheffield’s public toilets?”
When a list of council public lavatories in Sheffield is published, the lavatories in Orchard Square are listed, but they’ve been closed for years, so there are even fewer public ones, and all closing by 5pm.
However, in the Borough of Waltham Forest in London, they have a community toilet arrangement, they pay businesses who open up their lavatories to the public.
There are certain conditions, cleanliness etc.
Alternatively, I would be prepared to put money in a charity collecting box or for the business for the use of their facilities.
MORE HERE: “Where are Sheffield’s public toilets?”
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