The Villager October 2019 Sherbornes and Pamber 1 04412_Villager_July2012:19191_Villager_Oct07 2/7/12 17:0 Page 40 2 Contact with the Editor the Villager CONTACTS Bill Breakspear - just saying …. Life is becoming very dicult for us senior citizens: what with Editor: the BBC renegading on its deal with the government to fund free Julie Crawley TV licences for the over 75’s and now Marks & Spencer stopping 01256 851003 the automatic free little shortbread biscuit with a cup of coee,
[email protected] (apparently you now have to ask for it), what else is around the corner? Will free prescriptions and bus passes be next for the chop? And what about the winter fuel allowance, that too must be in the frame. Now Advertisements: it is being suggested that all drivers aged 70 years and over should resit a driving test Emma Foreman every three years in order to renew their licence, what will be next? I have nightmares 01256 889215/07747 015494 thinking about it.
[email protected] Perhaps due to the cost of healthcare provision with an increasingly ageing population, the government will make it mandatory for all 80+ year olds to have an MOT, and I Distribution: dread to think what a failure would mean! George Rust I am always suspicious of unsolicited emails or letters, so I was curious about a letter 01256 850413 I received through the post, addressed to ‘Sherborne St John Neighbour’ inviting
[email protected] me to join a free private online network called Next-door. It seemed to come from a resident in Sherborne St John but there was no phone number, email address or complete correspondence address, simply a road name.