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Site of shame

SIR – I fail to understand why Loreburn Community Council is getting so hot under the collar about an eyesore section of decay in Friars Vennel.Read

SIR – I note the council intends to spend £1 million re-developing the area around Burns Statue.

While it looks very pretty on all the illustrations, it seems to me another opportunity is being missed.Read

Holiday near Glencaple

SIR – We have recently returned from a holiday in Dumfries and Galloway, staying at a lovely, cosy farm cottage near Glencaple.Read

Brewing up community spirit to tackle loneliness

SIR – I am writing to ask your readers to support Communi-tea Week, a national campaign that uses the Great British brew to help tackle the problems of isolation and loneliness that thousands of older people face every day.Read

Proposal to accommodate students in Dumfries town centre

SIR – I refer to the letter from Duncan McIntyre in the Standard of February 23.Read

Help make Earth Hour 2011 the biggest yet

SIR – I’d like to ask your readers to help make WWF’s annual Earth Hour event at 8.30pm on Saturday, March 26, the biggest and best ever.Read

Elderly treated with dignity and respect

SIR – I am writing to express my disgust at the way the recent closure of a care home at Lockerbie was handled.Read

Road project on hold

SIR – I do not understand MSP Elaine Murray’s concern at the road project being put on hold, saving millions of pounds.Read

Hoists and tracking

SIR – The other day I had a phone call from a man who said he worked for a company, which I only knew as an insurance company.Read

Blue Badge Scheme

SIR – I was very angry and disappointed to hear that in Dumfries and Galloway disabled people will now have to pay £20 for their blue badge. It is not a huge sum of money to pay but it is the principle of the matter that annoys me.Read

Letter re Loreburn Hall, Midsteeple and Theatre Royal in Dumfries

SIR – I would like to make comment about the Loreburn Hall, Midsteeple and Theatre Royal in Dumfries.Read

Letter regarding relative search

SIR – I wonder whether any of your readers may have known the following people living in south-eastern Dumfriesshire in the 1950s: William Beattie Irving, and Anastasia Irving, at Butterdales Road, Eastriggs; Robert and Dorothea Irving and Beatrice Irving, all at Haybury Mill, Carrutherstown Road.Read

Letter re the Scottish Bible Society

SIR – I write to express the thanks of the Scottish Bible Society for the generous response of the public in and around Dumfries to our recent annual collection, when the magnificent sum of £2,305.52 was donated.Read

Gilly Dykes as MSP?

SIR – Did I miss the elections to the Scottish Parliament? Was I asleep at the time?Read

Letter of thanks from J B Blackett

SIR – In an unusual art exhibition, Susan Blackett and her two daughters, Flora and Letitia, held an exhibition of paintings over the recent holiday weekend.Read

Letter re the Go Smart campaign

SIR – I read in the Standard (Friday, September 3) that the Go Smart campaign which is costing £6m is being questioned by council members.Read

Letter regarding Dumfries Civic Pride

SIR – As someone who has pressed for action, and indeed has taken action to clean up the river Nith in the Whitesands area thanks to the support of Dumfries Civic Pride, I would like to clarify the current situation.Read

Letter re proposed council cuts

SIR – Your letter page is giving contributors and readers alike a field day on the matters of senior staffing and the council’s savings options.Read

Letter re Shambellie House

SIR – Last weekend my wife and I had the good fortune to stumble upon the new or rather restored walled garden at Shambellie in New Abbey.Read

Letter re the Theatre Royal in Dumfries

SIR – Having visited the excellent Theatre Royal exhibition in the Midsteeple showing the history of this unique playhouse, I met some of the Guild of Players who have for many years worked and struggled to keep this theatre going.Read

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