Letters to the Editors
Fun Crier
Dear Editors,
At first I would like to say how much I and my family enjoy the Crier, and have done for many years. Apart from the occasional Greeting Card it's the best thing that ever comes through my letterbox nowadays, the articles from our local clubs and societies are always well put together and informative and I find them the perfect way to keep up with what's going on and what's to come.
The amount we learn about local personalities in the "Crier Profiles" has to be my favourite section. However, when it comes to the "letters" I find myself `self censoring' by checking the writer before I read the letter. We are always interested in what's happening in our lovely village but I don't believe that the Letters section should be dominated by constant moans and groans, these should, and I'm sure will continue to be printed but all can say is, that this should be balanced with more good news.
As I talk to local people on a daily basis there are many positive, funny, nice things that we can all share with the village. When I'm in the local pub and we start reminiscing over a pint of beer, some of the stories are unprintable but many of them are great fun and should be shared with everybody, not just half a dozen locals in the snug.
With that, I urge the people of the village to restore the balance and put pen to paper to help make the "CRIER" as much FUN as it is informative.
Parcel Delivery scam
Dear Editors,
I've just been reading through the December crier. I was somewhat disappointed to see the article about the Parcel Delivery Force scam.
This was a chain letter which has been doing the rounds for at least two years (I've received several copies, mostly by email over that time). Although there was a tenuous grain of truth in the original letter, all of the details are sensationalist additions and the original scam was very quickly shut down.
A search for "parcel delivery force scam" on Google shows plenty of sites giving the true history of this letter. The most complete is probably:
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp
I'm all in favour of the distribution of genuine warnings to genuine threats, but would hope that in future a cursory investigation might be in order before contributing to the general level of public hysteria.
Eds note: It's a fair cop, we probably should have spotted this one but there's a lot involved in producing the Crier each month so there's a limit to what we can do. We're thinking about recruiting some online proof-reading assistance and Simon has expressed a willingness to help so there's hope.