I have a suggestion that might be worth mentioning to the people who want to keep the cows in the commons without hindering "people traffic". For all I know, this might have been invented in Europe.
In my youth, I once worked for a family that had quite a few dairy cattle. In order to be able to freely drive a tractor into the cow yard, or to walk in and out, they used an alternative to fences in one spot. They had a concrete trench about a yard wide and a foot deep, set up to drain properly and to be cleaned when necessary. The trench was topped by steel tubes about four inches in diameter and separated by about three inches, if memory serves well. The cows wouldn't cross for fear of breaking a leg between the steel tubes, but the tractor could drive right over it. It was no problem for a careful person to cross, but it might not be suitable for the general population.
Ben Aldhouse wrote back:
I expect that the council are somewhat concerned that kiddies might get hurt. The most vulnerable people though, would be the persons of diminished stability who would have to traverse these in droves at night when the Fort St. George pub closes!
Will be in Cambridge for a week in September and am curious about Bury St. Edmunds. Thomas Hoving wrote a book a few years ago about the Bury St. Edmund's Cross, which he acquired for the Cloisters here in New York. Do you know if there's anything left of the monastery that was there? I believe the monastery library has ended up in a museum in Cambridge. Would like to know if it's worth trying to get to Bury St. Edmund's from Cambridge on public transportation. Thanks!
I really enjoyed going through your on line newspaper, I especially enjoy reading the local news (being an ex-pat), I was hoping to see more local adverts, the ones for cars for sale in the US sent me for a loop, I thought perhaps there was a Wisbech in the US also !
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I looked at your "Area map" and it didn't seem to cover Wisbech (or Leverington) Is this outside your beat? Surely Wisbech is in East Cambridgeshire, unless the Isle of Ely has been revived!
Spare a thought for us ex-pats languishing in furrin parts.
I acknowledge that from the level of interest shown in Wisbech (here is someone else with an interest) that it is about time that someone organised Wisbech's own presence on the 'Internet'. I will even provide them with web server space!
As a concession to Wisbechophiles all over the world I have scanned a map of Cambridgeshire (gif 119509 bytes) from my 1976 Philip 'Modern' School Atlas that includes Wisbech.
Ethnic cleansing...in the U.K.? encouraged the following reply from "W.Appleton" - email B9301@saturn.newi.ac.uk:I was rather distressed to hear the piece upon literary cleansing. I feel that you have overstepped the mark considerably and find it extremely difficult to understand why you would wish to portray their plight as some underhanded form of ethnic cleansing?
The term 'ethnic cleansing' brings up images of nazi politics and of the disgusting attrocities carried out. I believe it is a terrible thing to compare legislative change in a democratic state with mass murder!
I do not see why people who do not lead a nomadic lifestyle should fund an antiquated(although appealing and admirable)lifestyle! A significant part of my ancestry has been considered as Gypsies, and I still hold precious the ideals I was made aware of at an early age.
In my experience the real Gypsies are not necessarily the people with a nomadic lineage, but instead are the people who live a nomadic lifestyle through choice and who live off their own means. To live in a caravan does not (or should not) entitle a person to state dispensation. If a person lives in this country they should abide by the laws of the land! If they do not agree to live by the laws of the land, they should use the democratic right to vote and have laws changed. An oversimplified view you might say, but I believe the most fair.
I eagerly await response
ECOLN also agrees that we should all use our democratic rights to change laws which are unfair. However, many people who move house or who have been out of the country at the time when the electoral roll is updated will become aware that they have to struggle harder to maintain their democratic rights. It might well be the case that it is so difficult for nomadic people to keep their democratic rights that in many cases they are just given up.
And the advert - looks good. Even though I can't get any graphics over lynx, and of course didn't send any for the ad, I think it looks like a great boost to the Dialogue company image.
A satisfied customer.
PR
Local classified advertisments are far more useful, but they could easily be swamped by a huge quantity of ads posted from elsewhere.
David.
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