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Rainbow over Walshaw. From Shackleton above Hardcastle Crags, taken by Anthony Greenwood.
information office in the Piece Hall. This was the beginning of our friendship. She soon realised that over our quick chats at the till, that I was keen to do some ‘serious’ writing.
She encouraged me to get on with it, which I did. Hazel was a great letter writer – pages long and hand written, even with arthritic fingers – sometimes signing off with “as it is now 3am”. She told me about a holiday they had enjoyed in Norfolk – Old Hunstanton on a Hoeseasons’ small site. With John my late husband we ventured forth and had a splendid holiday in this rather rundown chalet in beautiful surroundings. Eventually the site closed – Hazel and Ted then holidayed at Heacham further up the Norfolk coast in 2004. Her letter described the three star chalet as superior, well equiped, the place lacked nothing! Hazel had usually ‘steeled herself ’ for the worst – so this accommodation was a wonderful surprise. The journey was a long and tiring one, bus - train - bus - bus bus to their destination. Not bad going for the couple – Ted was to soon celebrate his 84th birthday! The surrounding area and the beach was not up to the standard of Old Hunstanton – but their son-in-law Geoff ran them around by car to the places they loved. We also visited this site later – yes the chalet was much better – but the area let it down – a car was essential.
In later life she worked closely with Ruth Beazley of Mill Bank. From Hazel’s writing about her childhood, and attending the school there. With Ruth’s compiling and editing, ‘Mill Bank – the story of a West Yorkshire village’ was produced in 2018. Hazel was kind, generous, encouraging, humorous, and a lovely person to have as a friend. She will be missed by many.
Government and organisations, can I suggest if we are committed to looking at our climate and our carbon footprint we target specifics around this?
One issue that has not been addressed is the amount of goods that are transported by road. Also, what is the true cost of goods,conveyed by road?
Road maintenance, traffic congestion and pollution.
Please consider putting goods back on our railways.
As I recall we used to send a lot of containers, by rail, to different locations across the UK, as I recall Halifax had one. We should:
1. Introduce nationwide improvements to the rail network, across the UK.
2. Provide additional rail track, and passing points, to accommodate the increase in rail freight.
3. Consider reopening railway lines that have been closed in recent years, for goods, also passenger trains.
4. Reintroduce provision of a guards van, on all passenger trains to convey smaller items,
5. As I recall, we used to have Red Star deliver by rail, to different locations across the UK.
And 6. our post was once done by rail.
One issue that has not been addressed is the amount of goods that are transported by road. M ALLEN