THE UPPER WENSLEYDALE NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO. 183 AUGUST 2012 Donation please: 30p suggested or more if you wish Published by Upper Wensleydale Editorial doubt said the same about the square root of mi- The Upper Wensleydale Newsletter Newsletter nus one! And what if someone now suggests the ugust used to be referred to as the ‘silly Higgs Boson. could be made up of smaller things; Burnside Coach House, season’, when we might take time off Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT wow! Issue 183—August 2012 Afrom the serious high-pressured news To be less silly again; things are hard for many and cheer ourselves up. We certainly need it and people, especially financially, and tensions in we will try. many communities, local or world-wide, run Tel: 667785 Features But first, the opposite; let us put things into the e-mail:
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