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A Degree Of Change

Posted by Sebastian-Smythe, 28 September 2010 - - - - - - · 0 views

Professor Green’s letter (September 23rd 2010) solicited some interesting questions not least the time scale Ilkley is supposed to be conserving. A look at the town cen-tre tells one it is a fiction compared to towns with a real sense of conservation who would not allow the desecration allowed of late. Gone are assets which made Ilkley unique...


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The Urban Country Gentleman

Posted by Sebastian-Smythe, 23 September 2010 - - - - - - · 0 views

When Brum met Ben Rhydding with disaterous results :rolleyes:

They moved to the country
To fresh air without fumes
But what they didn’t reckon on
Was the contryside brews

The silage and slurry
Muck out in t’midden
The chickens a cluckin
Cows gently mooing

They moved to the country
For peace and well being
For sunrise and sunset
You know...


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Reply To Letters In Ilkley Gazette

Posted by Sebastian-Smythe, 19 September 2010 - - - - - - · 0 views

Did the Inspector not stop to think how many supermarkets Ilkley already has? My count is four only the fourth is not what all would call a superstore. It’s the many and varied smaller traders which make up the town. Without them it will slowly die, house prices fall, visitors go elsewhere and as one put it tumbleweed instead of carpet bedding....


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2010 And Nowts Changed!

Posted by Sebastian-Smythe, 17 August 2010 - - - - - - · 0 views


Third November 2000 - SEVERE FLOOD ALERT.


North Yorkshire hit by record flood levels. I am reminded of something quoted while a student, ‘Little things grow into big things and big things cost money.’ Listening to a Flood Debate with the Environment Agency on Radio York, it struck me communities up river were in...





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