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May 2021
Last Updated: 07/05/2021
Stray Views: recycling rules make recycling difficult
This week a reader recalls his experience of trying to get rid of a fridge at the Wetherby Road recycling centre in Harrogate. Another praises Malcolm Neesam's new Harrogate history walks. Do you have something to get off your chest?
Letters
Stray Views is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret. See below for details on how to contribute.
Malcolm's history walks are a real treat
How fortunate we are to have local historian, Malcolm Neesam, who is so interested in the history of Harrogate that we can all enjoy two virtual walks with his knowledge of the town.
The walks are beautifully set up on the best website I have seen with maps, photos and information clearly displayed. A real treat!
Thank you, Malcolm!
Audrey Culling, Nidderdale
Recycling rules don't make recycling easy
I queued to get into a recycling depot with a fridge in a trailer. No trailers were allowed but I managed to get rid of it anyway.
Maybe I just fell foul of a rule that has been in place for a while, but I wonder how North Yorkshire County Council expects people to get rid of bulky items, which either won't fit n a small car or are too dirty. Garden clippings, for example, which are too numerous for the fortnightly garden waste collection or too wet and leafy to decently burn yet will go into the large recycling skips.
Trivial but infuriating.
Pete Dennis, Harrogate
We are lucky to have birdsong - do your bit to keep it going
Many of us living in or around towns such as Harrogate and Wetherby and surrounding villages may not realise just how lucky we are to still have nesting and breeding swallows, house martins and swifts.
Unfortunately, they are all suffering declining numbers. These birds are nest site faithful, returning year after year. Swifts actually live in colonies that will have taken years to build.
This all means that if their nests or nest holes and crevices are knocked down or blocked up, it can be the end for them as there is often nowhere else to go.
So this is a plea to everyone to help look after these birds: keep the sounds of summer going by helping to keep Yorkshire skies full of the happy chittering and screams of these birds: help by keeping their old nests and put up more swallow/house martin nest cups and swift boxes if you possibly can.
Friedy Luther, Spofforth
Read more:
- Local historian creates audio walks celebrating Harrogate's glorious past
- Fears of fly-tipping in Harrogate district as recycling centres close
Do you have an opinion on the Harrogate district? Email us at letters@thestrayferret.co.uk. Please include your name and approximate location details. Limit your letters to 350 words. We reserve the right to edit letters.
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