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ONGRATULATIONS to the
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students at Neston High
School who achieved
fantastic GCSE and A Level
results. The school is celebrating
16 record breaking results and there
is a three page special in this
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Also, contratulations to Ness
Gardens for winning a presigious
gold award at the RHS Tatton
Show.
There’s loads more to read in
this 40 page issue, with a feature
on a new musical by Neston
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Objections to plans
l With regard to Mrs Thompson's letter,
I would have thought that 610 was a fair
number of objections to any scheme -
one can never assume, of course, that,
if people didn't object then they must be
in favour. Not so - it's just as likely that
they thought that no-one would take any
notice!! But, of course, there were others
- perhaps Mrs Thompson needed to have
done her homework better. For example,
there were the 2000 or thereabouts
who signed a petition saying "no" not
to mention that when folk looked at the l I have just picked up a copy of Neston
exhibition only 100 of the 1000 that wrote Local and found inside a rather biased
comments thought that it was a good idea view of the proposed Neston supermarket
which means that 90% didn't think that it - only letters of support - when opposition
was a good thing - I know that because I to this proposal far exceed support,
counted them on the report. despite what one of the letters indicate.
And, of course, it was all something Does the other supporter want to relocate
of a waste of time - public meetings or the High Street shops - she is obviously
no public meetings - because one gets oblivious to the historic value of the street
the impression that the Ellesmere Port not to mention what happens to the High
Councillors seem to think that they, who Street - why?
don't even live in Neston, totally ignored In brief, a larger supermarket is required
anything that anyone in Neston said and (but one of the two existing supermarkets
that they knew better than the people who could have been extended), the proposed
live here. site is not suitable - requiring boring
I hear that the Council meeting that into natural sandstone and loss of
was at the Civic Hall was mayhem as many parking spaces serving the High
people weren't listened to and the same Street shops/businesses which will most
thing could be said for the planning certainly not benefit by this supermarket
meeting. - this is a historic town and should be
So why was there not a referendum developed in a sympathetic manner.
of the people in Neston to find out what Introducing a scheme to bring more traffic
people really thought - I don't think to the centre is madness - the narrow
that we were ever actually asked for roads could not cope making the whole
our opinion!! Maybe one could run a proposal environmentally unfriendly!
parallel with Gordon Brown not having Jenny Young
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Wirral locations.
However, a small set had to be built
in James’s garage to shoot a video
clip of one of the characters in a
prison cell.
Act One has already had an airing
at the Gladstone Theatre as an entry
in the Leverhulme Drama Festival
and at the Wilmslow Guild Festival
of One Act Plays, where it received
the award for A Piece of Theatre
Magic.
The show runs for two nights on
12th and 13th September. It is being
performed on the floor of the hall,
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