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Park and ride schemes lead to more cars on our roads

4:53pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

SIR — The planning application for the Pitt Manor development makes the extraordinary claim that it will reduce traffic on the Romsey Road.

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A plea to whoever owns me!

4:55pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

SIR — I have heard, from a reliable source, that the Horse And Rider bronze statue by the Law Courts has been removed for essential repairs; but what about me?

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Information on Graham Hawkins

5:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

SIR — In 1998 the City of Winchester Trust, then the Winchester Preservation Trust, was bequeathed a collection of historic slides of old Winchester, by a gentleman named Graham Hawkins.

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Chinese Lanterns hazard to wildlife

4:58pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

SIR — Chinese lanterns are lightweight frames which gently float into the air powered by the heat of a candle.

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Living in a fantasy world

3:18pm Wednesday 24th February 2010

SIR — the letter from Cllr Melville Kendal in last week’s Chronicle cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.

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Pitt Manor: the message is clear

3:23pm Wednesday 24th February 2010

SIR — Your paper has recently been full of articles and letters declaring dismay and anger at the scale and number of developments being approved and considered by the city council (eg 90 homes on greenfield site at Francis Gardens; 2,000 homes on greenfield site at Barton Farm; 56-bed, 60-staff carehome on site of Stanmore Hotel).

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Art spend is justifiable

3:24pm Wednesday 24th February 2010

SIR — Your lead article and comment of February 11 questioned the merits of spending public money on modern artwork by local artists. This was a reference to Hampshire County Council’s Art in Offices collection, built up over the last 20 years, and displayed in council offices, corridors, meetings rooms and reception areas of public buildings.

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City can’t wait to have stain removed

3:21pm Wednesday 24th February 2010

SIR — I have never previously been to Winchester, so on Monday, February 15, I decided to give your historic city a visit.

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You ain’t seen nothing yet!

4:11pm Wednesday 17th February 2010

SIR — Your front page article (Chronicle, February 4) about halting the spread of student housing in Winchester was no doubt welcomed by residents of Stanmore, Winnall and Weeke.

Pitt Manor plan thin end of wedge

4:12pm Wednesday 17th February 2010

SIR — I write to you in astonishment that yet another greenfield site within Winchester, Pitt Manor, is being proposed for development — this time for 200 dwellings and a park & ride scheme.