Please keep in touch with YOUR local paper
AS editorial staff at the
are mostly working from home for the foreseeable future there may be a delay in publishing handwritten letters sent through the post or left at dropoff points.
I appreciate that many correspondents don’t have access to the internet but what would really help is if regular contributors (yes, Colin Vause that means you!) could dictate or forward letters to family, friends or neighbours so they could be sent by e-mail.
This doesn’t have to be faceto-face, of course. Give them a ring!
These are unprecedented times and staff at the are working incredibly hard to keep bringing you as many of the regular features as we can during this ongoing situation.
This is one way you can really help. The e-mail address is letters@examiner.co.uk.
The letters page is open to everyone and I want this to remain a forum where EVERYONE can have their say.
I look forward to receiving your letters and rest assured I will do my very best. Thanks so much for your support and loyalty to the and please stay safe.
Shoppers not selfish just being prudent
AS a child, growing up in the sticks in South Wales, I was raised by loving, caring parents, one of whom, my father, had known dire poverty as a child.
Every autumn, my parents bought extra food, in order to ensure we did not suffer hunger during the long winter months, owing to food, normally delivered by our grocer, failing to reach us.
When my children were growing up, I adopted the same attitude as my parents, in regard to having adequate food supplies in times of hardship.
Today, as the world reels from the effect of the coronavirus, many people who were prudent in preparing for an uncertain future in regard to future food supplies, are accused of panic buying etc.
Surely the practice of using one’s common sense is to be lauded not criticised?