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Opportunity to speak out if light pollution is blighting your life Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, Are your readers’ lives blighted by too much light at night?Read

Strange incident of the Blitz taxi Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, I am hoping that your readers may be able to help me in my quest for information regarding a taxi that was blown onto the roof of New Street Station during the Blitz of 1940-41.Read

Bike ride to help sufferers of MS Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, The MS Trust is looking for 50 people to join its team and cycle from London to Paris this summer to raise funds for multiple sclerosis.Read

Cadbury deal is not a win for shareholders Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, I have just read my friend Jerry Blackett’s comments on the Cadbury deal with amazement. (Post, January 28)Read

Sad time for UK manufacturing Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, I wondered if you could pass on my sympathies to Peter Cadbury at this sad time, given what has taken place at Cadbury.Read

Vested interest in loan to Kraft Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, Simon Keeling asks the question as to why the Government does not stop the loan by RBS to Kraft.Read

Gratitude for city's impressive and moving Holocaust Memorial Day Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Birmingham City Council for the splendid job they did organising the Holocaust Memorial Day event at Birmingham Town Hall on January 24.Read

New library ideal for tribute to Baskerville Feb 04 2010

Dear Editor, I have always thought that too little has been done to recognise and honour the true genius of John Baskerville, and when I read that the new Library of Birmingham is to be situated between the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Baskerville House, I immediately thought that this sitting is providential and would give the city of Birmingham a golden opportunity to not only exhibit Baskerville’s classics (which they do from time to time), but to locate a printing museum within the new library, which would enable visitors the opportunity of viewing the complete 18th Century letterpress printing process involved with the reproduction of Baskerville’s classics.Read

New St lessons from Snow Hill Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, Last week you reported a financial and practical fiasco at Snow Hill station (a small three platform mainline station) installing a couple of lifts and a booking hall near Great Charles Street.Read

Beyond the call of duty, but typical of the city Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, My husband today left Northampton on the 9am train to Birmingham New Street. On reaching Birmingham he realised he’d left his phone on the train.Read

The 5Ws will be arriving – when money permits Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the letter from Richard Worrall published last week in which he enquires about future plans to extend the Midland Metro from Wolverhampton to Wednesfield, Willenhall, Walsall and Wednesbury – the so-called 5Ws route.Read

Homeless link was conveniently bleak Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, I refer to article ‘Homeless denied emergency housing’ from the Birmingham Post’s January 21 edition and the emotive picture which is unrelated to the court case.Read

What future social spirit? Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, Today my wife and I received our spring pack of publications from the National Trust, and within five minutes I read, “National Trust have teamed up with Cadbury for the third year running to ensure a fun weekend for visitors, with trails running at around 250 places over the four days of the Easter weekend”, and (regarding the ancient trees survey on NT land), “Through an ongoing three-year partnership with Cadbury, who are supporting the Trust in our maintenance of countryside sites. . .” .Read

Memories of sweet times Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, I attended Bournville Junior and Infants School many years ago. On hearing news of the Cadbury sell-out, I felt pangs of distress, another English icon gone.Read

Another nail in the coffin Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, Oh dear. Now Cadbury’s is going foreign, just like ICI, Rover, HP Sauce etc.Read

Government should block RBS loan to Kraft Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, I’ve been informed that the Kraft bid for Cadbury is to be part funded by a loan from RBS, a bank which has been bailed out by the tax-payer.Read

Bournville is a world treasure – protect it Jan 28 2010

Dear Editor, I live in Bournville and as a graduate of Aston University I know the fantastic Cadbury ethos – Sir Adrian Cadbury was Aston Chancellor until 2004 and is still a massive supporter and inspiration to its students and graduates.Read

Parents play a high price for closing schools because of the snow Jan 21 2010

Dear Editor, The rain has now washed away the two weeks of snow and life is getting back to normal in Birmingham. During the two weeks that snow was on the ground local radio stations spent many an hour listing the schools in and around Birmingham that were closed.Read

Don’t believe all the ID card hype Jan 21 2010

Dear Editor, According to the Home Office, you can register your interest in an ID card right now and ID cards will “roll out to the wider population” from 2011.Read

Gold cash plea a diversion tactic Jan 21 2010

Dear Editor, This business about keeping the Anglo Saxon gold hoard in Birmingham seems like a diversion to me.Read

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