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Latest Issue - January 2025
EDITORIAL
It is sad to start this New Year edition saying farewell to a member of our community, Brian Pollard. Brian was a lovely, talented man. His obituary is on page 4. Our condolences go to his many friends and family.
I hope you enjoyed the Christmas and New Year period. The weather was variable with quite a bit of heavy mist and fog. This rather upset the TV signal for those with a terrestrial television signal (an aerial). When atmospherics interrupt the signal, please don’t retune your TV – all it does is to overwrite the previous channels with no signal, so you lose everything. All you can do is to wait until the reception improves as the weather does. It’s a good idea to check with a neighbour to ensure it is atmospherics and not a fault with your system.
It’s always a pleasure to know that people outside our community benefit from our magazine. One such is Laura Neilson, who hails from New Zealand, and is related to Pte. Harold Speke, who was killed in the 1st Word War, and is commemorated with one of the Memorial Gates. I passed on a request for information from Laura to Hugh Vernon, who kindly replied quickly with more family history. I also asked Claire Speke if she could help. I have subsequently received thanks from Laura, who found the magazine on the internet so, thanks too to Ben Woodcock.
Now we start 2025, there are two serious matters of concern facing Herefordshire. The county has lost £7M in grant funding for rural needs, and there is a government move to amalgamate smaller local authorities. Our Councillor, Roger Phillips, has mentioned both in his report on page 13. Both of these moves will, if enacted, have serious implications for our county.
I wish you all a very good and dry 2025,
Chris Bivand
