Letters
Dear Editor,
Write a letter for the mag the Editor said. Anything you like, she said.
But I usually need a 'hook' to write I said. You're always complaining,
campaigning or camping it up about something though, so there must be an issue
about somewhere she said!
Ok, well to take the last bit, the ancestry of my 'camping it up' can well be
seen in the picture I sent in for Strange Cargo's excellent 'Other People's
Photographs' project that was launched formally in February. There I am on the
right of a photo taken way back in 1963 in
Shakespeare Terrace (plate is on the corner with The Leas), arms akimbo, looking
determinedly camp, or is that determined AND camp. The rest of the family photo
is explained by yours truly at the project site in the Town Centre and I hope
people will make good use of it and start forming 'photoplate' trails to explore
the town and surrounds from it.
From recycled photos to recycling in general, many will have already complained
about Shepway DC's proposals to charge for garden waste collections. This though
is done elsewhere but it is a bit much when SDC still hasn't sorted out it's
other recycling programmes. I live in a Council flat and when it was started in
2005, I asked if I could have a black box/blue bag etc as I'm on the ground
floor. Oh, by the end of the year I as told. When they've sorted out a system
for the rest of the flats they said. I am, of course still waiting !
I suggest a campaign by Go Folkestone to sort this on-going recycling mess once
and for all. It could well encompass the new initiative at The Shed (Folkestone
Youth Project base) where they are using recycled material that wouldn't usually
be taken (crisp packets,bottle tops and much else) for a fashion show that will
be held at The Leas Cliff Hall-Channel Suite on Friday 6 June (7-9pm) later this
year. The initiative will continue beyond that though and hopes to develop
further. I hope everyone will support it.
Anyway, I'll finish now before the editorial old battleaxe cuts me off in
mid-sent......(Ed - old & battle may be debatable, but I certainly wield the axe
around here!)
Yours sincerely
Ray Duff.
Dear Editor,
On behalf of any job-seeking teenagers, can I ask any local employers reading
this seriously to consider their recruitment practices? Before getting her
current job, my daughter spent hours filling in application forms and going to
interviews smartly dressed and with a positive attitude. On several occasions,
she didn’t even get the courtesy of a telephone call to tell her she was
unsuccessful.
I could name several local businesses that this applies to and would ask them to
remember what it was like to be young and looking for work. So many of our
school leavers who aren’t pursuing further education already have low self
esteem and lack confidence; this sort of treatment can be a real knock back, and
in many cases lead them to wonder why they bother trying if they don’t even get
a “thanks, but no thanks”.
So please—even if they’re not suitable for the job they’re applying for, give
every job applicant a phone call at least. It doesn’t cost a lot and makes all
the difference. Respect goes both ways!
A. Cook
Article from Go Folkestone Newsletter March 2008
