35 Valley March 2010

By Frances Howard,Salisbury UKIP

Prospective Candidate

WHEN I worked as head ofMusic in a South LondonGrammar school, it becameobvious to all of us that thecontent in every subject wasbeing watered down.

I left the school because Ithought it was wrong to do this.The appalling behaviour ofsome children, which I met inevery school I worked in as asupply teacher, just wrecked theefforts of the staff and the de-cent pupils.

Wonderful books lay unopen-ed because no-one could readthem: the National Curriculumlessons on every subject - noone could deliver.

I went, with very grave con-cerns, to a Conservative confer-ence in 2001 and gave aspeech. It was astonishing howmany people responded posi-tively in the audience. It was re-ported everywhere.

The school where I was work-ing tried to get rid of me. Thereare no mechanisms to criticisefrom within an organisationwhich also included the Conser-vative party here in Salisbury.They told me to shut up or getout because it would alarm theparents.

In Europe, similar problemsexist with schools. Teachers inFrance bravely recorded inci-dents in a magazine called " LePoint."

There was one about a teach-er being strangled in the classby an angry pupil. Anotherabout walking in on a disgustingcompetition of a personal kindin a classroom. Yet none ofthese left-wing teachers inFrance could give up their work

the reality of their own jobs.If the EU was a serious or-

surely this deterioration ineducation in its broadest sensewould have been on the agen-da.

Although I know that theEU cannot interfere with na-tional education policies, howcan they talk of a world classeconomy and not mention theanarchy in the classroom?

I read daily of some helplesshead teacher being bullied todeath by children on Facebookand, instead of ignoring it, na-ive governors undermine theauthority of the head by sidingwith the pupils and the unions.

The decline of literacy after somuch money has gone into

Harnham Road, Harnham,Salisbury SP2 8JJ

United KingdomIndependence Party

“Shut upor getout!”

into education (13% of GDP)means the real problem hasnot been sorted out at all. This

million people who are not ineducation employment or train-ing (NEETS) and who, said theTimes Educational Supplement,will die earlier than you or I.

With the present economiccrisis who can afford anothergeneration of NEETS and itsknock-on effects on communi-ties who have to endure thevandalism and the crime?

If you must call us extremists,ask what kind of extremists weare.

T.J.De JongeForestry and Garden Maintenance

tomdejonge8I@hotmail.co.uk

TALK on The Lost Gardens of Heligan -Part II by Peter Stafford(Managing Director of Heligan) on Friday March 12th at 2.30pmin The Lecture Theatre, Salisbury & South Wilts Museum,The Close,Salisbury.

Tickets £8 each (to include tea and biscuits) available fromJennifer Bowen 4 St Edmund's Church Street, Salisbury SP1 1EFPlease enclose cheque (payable to The Friends of Harnham WaterMeadows Trust) and SAE.

OPEN DAY at Rose Cottage(Town Path at the Harnham end)Saturday 27th March 11am - 4pmWalks on the Meadows at 11am and 2pm

No charge to see Rose Cottage but £2.50per adult for the Meadows Walk. (Children under 16 free).Sorry, no dogs. Waterproof footwear strongly recommended.

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37 Valley March 2010

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By Ace DrummondRoving Reporter

Ispent a fascinating andenjoyable morning withJohn Rooke and his high-

ly skilled team, Pete and Alex,while I watched them perform

ever witnessed.Much care was needed to

bring down two huge beechtrees, without destroying nearbyhouses, overhead cables, tele-graph poles, walls, road surfac-es or passers by, and vehicles.

I watched in complete admira-tion as each branch was ginger-ly cut and then delicately lower-ed to the ground. Pete- from thetop of a very high tree - told mehe didn’t like heights, but it stilldid not stop him from wieldinga lethal-looking, menacingly-sounding chainsaw with amaz-ing accuracy, in every direction,from breath-taking, precarious-ly-high perches.

John explained how rotten thebeech trees were and how im-portant it was to fell them asquickly as possible because, ashe showed me, parts of themwere so bad, you could pushright through them.

There is very little John andhis team do not know about treemanagement and all aspects oftimber in general.

Apart from tree surgery, for-estry contracts, and extractioncrane hire, John can supply youwith seasoned logs, or evenhelp you cut and split your own,

Special feature: Support rural businessesWood youbelieve it!

with an operator and Log Har-vester.

John has been in his trade fornearly 45 years and, over thoseyears, has gained a wealth ofexperience, mastered skills andtrue craftsmanship. His sonGary also shares the businessbut he is concerned mostly withthe harvesting side, as well asbuying and selling the timber.

John’s wife Wendy, andGary’s wife Kay, look after theirmen well, by keeping the booksin order and their work organ-ised; a real working partnership!It is good to see such a much-sought-after, and genuinely

needed rural trade, being pass-ed on from one generation tothe next.

If wood is your problem, I canthink of nobody better to sort itout than John. His work is fullyinsured and his estimates arefree. He gives a 24-hour serviceon tel/fax: 01722 716331 ormobile: 07770 778740

Email: jirooke@btconnect.comJ.I.Rooke, 4 Mooray Cottages,Chilmark, Salisbury, SP3 5AZSee John and his team in actionhttp://acepics.wordpress.comhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij-qDtEFplI I saw He sawhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCMvPgX6wo I sawHe saw 2.

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THE COUNTRY SUIT, oncean important part of a gen-tlemen’s wardrobe, appearsto have lost popularity, un-less you frequent racecours-es such as Cheltenham andNewbury through the winter.

Tweed fabric has been enjoy-ing a renaissance in many cir-cles in the past couple of yearsand, at the very least, a sportsjacket is a good addition to thewardrobe. Not only is it practicaland versatile, it can be modernand stylish.

Many of the features foundin a country suit have now longbeen used in the design of suitsfor the city and more informalclothing, so now you may notrealise where they originated.Ticket pocket

The ticket pocket found on theright-hand side above the regu-lar pocket was originally madeso you could keep your train

place to keep your betting slipssafe too!

Slanted pockets and ventswere also originally features de-signed for sporting jackets. Theslanted pockets are easier to

open while riding, and the ventmakes it much more comfort-able to wear the jacket while inthe saddle.

At Regent Tailoring, while un-derstanding the traditions of thecountry suit and sports jack-et, we like to put a little twist onour designs occasionally. You

-tion of sports jackets doesn’t al-ways have three buttons or athree-button cuff, but we thinkit is good to something differ-ent occasionally and, of course,we can always make it just howyou want.

One thing we do like are tra-ditional heavyweight tweeds,an ideal choice with this coldweather we have been expe-riencing recently. A lot of our

-ing too so, as well as keepingout a cold Siberian wind, theywill also do a good job at keep-ing you dry.

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