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Cottage hospital thanks

Dear Editor, – On behalf of all the patients and staff at Blairgowrie Community Hospital, we would like to thank all who contributed to making our Christmas such an enjoyable occasion. We are very grateful for all the good wishes, gifts and donations so generously handed in by relatives and friends.Read

Nasty fall on ice

Dear Editor, – I would like to thank the good people of Perth who helped me when I had a nasty fall on the ice on the High Street, Perth, on December 1.Read

Flooding disaster at Perth post office

Dear Editor, – The flooding disaster to the post office in Perth was an event waiting to happen as a result of neglected property above it.Read

Councillors contrary views – Pitlochry Sainsburys

Dear Editor, – Perth and Kinross Council’s development planning quality manager recommended refusal of the Pitlochry Sainsburys edge of town application on the grounds (amongst others) that the plan was contrary to retail impact studies.Read

Fair City is safe port in a snow storm

Dear Editor, – A car-load of us, in common with hundreds of others, were stuck in Perth on November 28, when both the A9 and M90 were closed. We set off from Inverurie, bound for Ayr, at 10am on Sunday morning and made it to Dundee by noon through snow and thunder and lightning.Read

SNP ‘got it wrong’ over SVR

Dear Editor, – The views expressed by Roseanna Cunningham MSP in this newspaper on Friday, November 26, were both surprising and deeply disappointing.Read

Waste of money, time and valuable resources

Dear Editor, – During the firework display the feelings of joy quickly faded and I became very disheartened at the sheer financial cost of such a massive display over the river.Read

EU Locums have damaged the NHS

Dear Editor, – Gordon Brown and Labour were not just content to leave us with the biggest debt since the Second World War – they also hugely damaged our health service by signing up to the European Working Time Directive (EWTD).Read

Women would keep club afloat

Dear Editor, – With reference to your article of November 19. In my opinion it is deplorable in this day and age that ex-servicemen would vote against women members joining their club.Read

Dispose of dog poo properly

Dear Editor, – I would like to comment on the so called “responsible” dog owners who walk their dogs in Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park. While many I’m sure pick up their hounds’ droppings and dispose of them correctly in the bins or take it home, there are many that feel it is fine to bag it and throw it into the bushes or even hang it on a tree. It is a disgusting sight and they should be ashamed of themselves.Read

Will poets mourn the loss of hall and school?

Dear Editor, – John Betjeman, who was Poet Laureate in 1972, was so incensed by the demolition of historic buildings in London in the 1950/60s that he was inspired to pen the acclaimed poem Executive in opposition to the actions.Read

Scottish TUC Women’s Conference

Dear Editor, – On November 1–2, the Scottish TUC Women’s Conference met in the Concert Hall, Perth. I am writing on behalf of all the conference delegates and visitors to thank everyone in Perth who made the event such a success. The Provost, John Hulbert, made us very welcome and all the staff at the Concert Hall made sure the conference ran smoothly.Read

Humanity goes out the window

Dear Editor, – Just over a week ago, a neighbour’s cat was killed outside our block in Balhousie Street. Two people standing at the bus stop who witnessed it said the cat was hit first by a transit van, the impact from which hurled the cat into the air. The van driver did not bother to stop and the cat was hit by another vehicle coming very close behind and left still alive lying in the middle of the road with traffic continuing to drive around it.Read

Festival of Remembrance in the Caird Hall

Dear Editor, – May I draw your readers’ attention to The Royal British Legion Scotland’s Angus and Perthshire Area Festival of Remembrance in the Caird Hall, Dundee, on Saturday, November 6?Read

Time out parking alert

Dear Editor – A few weeks ago I parked in Town and City’s car park in Kinnoull Street, Perth.Read

Dismay at scanning decsion

Dear Editor, – As the owner of two cats, I read the article in the PA (Friday, October 22) regarding the council’s continued decision not to scan “road kill” pets with dismay.Read

Cuts attack the most vulnerable in our society

Dear Editor, – The spending cuts of this Tory government in Westminster directly attack the most vulnerable in our society, the elderly, the sick, young children and young adults.Read

Animals are often the only family and elderly or lonely person has

Dear Editor, – Your article (PA, Friday, October 22) was not only distressing to read but even more harrowing in considering the concept that the council is disposing of beloved pets without any notice to their owners.Read

Hundreds signing up to oppose bridge

Dear Editor, – For how much longer are we to endure this dreary, lifeless and monotonous claim that there is public support for the projected Connect2 bridge over the River Tay?Read

Vision for Perth railway station future

Dear Editor, – I refer to the article (PA, October 19) where Murdo Fraser MSP suggested that we should have a vision for the existing Perth railway station.Read

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