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AS a mainstream teacher, I was horrified at Gwynedd’s proposal to shut special education needs units.

Every morning these children have an intense education in linguistic and mathematical skills, by a specialist teacher, but most of all they are prepared for the outside world by boosting their self-esteem and confidence. Read

Discrimination against English?

THE Assembly’s inspector has rejected Gwynedd planning proposals to build affordable homes for local people on the grounds that it could discriminate against the English. Read

Poor reasons for turning down plan

MAY I take this opportunity to respond to some misinformation circulating about the now refused development of The Pines, Criccieth (pictured). Read

Federalisation of Catholic schools

MAY I respond to Cllr Richard Morris Jones’ letter in last week’s edition. The letter he refers to was a letter received by the Caernarfon branch of Plaid Cymru from Cllr Richard Parry Hughes. Read

SPEAKING about the general health and safety of the great British public, on Sunday my wife and I were visiting Criccieth.

It was a lovely afternoon and we were sitting quite peacefully enjoying the scene when along came a father with his young son, who proceeded to pull down his trousers and defecate in front of us without a care in the world, his father even had a piece of paper ready and (yes) they left it there. Read

Golden age of Hollywood

ONE of the nicest buildings in the Caernarfon of yesteryear was the Majestic Cinema at the far end of Bangor Street. It stood there for 60 years up to 1994 when, sadly, it burnt down. Read

WHEN all districts are as efficient as Dwyfor at recycling rubbish, people like A G Smart will have less need to worry about fortnightly collections. We live in a cul-de-sac of five houses and for the last two weeks only two bins have been put out. However the blue boxes are filled to the brim every collection. Our own bin is put out once a month.

Admittedly there are only two of us and we have transport so can take the cardboard and plastic unsuitable for the blue box to Cibyn centre. Read

I HAVE just finished reading the second part of the “Diary of the recycling family” from Groeslon.

I’m disappointed that this is not written by a more ordinary family, after all, not many of us have the space to sort and store all these various recyclable materials, until enough have been collected to warrant a trip to the recycle centre. Read

Solution to all problems

THE continuing vehement dispute regarding the closure of primary schools in Gwynedd is, naturally, a very emotive issue. The possible demise of our village communities in Wales is a very real threat. Read

Poor Dafydd!

COULD I please sympathise with poor Dafydd Iwan of Caeathro, about that nasty person Llinos (Letters, January 3) upsetting him so. Read

Rose tinted?

DO the people who have written in supporting the views of Alan Williams, the mayor of Pwllheli, on what a thriving town Pwllheli is, also wear rose tinted glasses? Read

'Fortnightly collections an unhealthy development'

The predecessors of present local government officers surely knew something about public health and amenity when the weekly collection scheme was introduced. Read

Antidote to toxic twaddle

I’M sure countless Pwllheli and Lln people will be grateful to the Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald for giving front page prominence to the refreshing feature “Pwllheli is alive and kicking” in which our mayor, Councillor Alan Williams, praised our businesses. Read

Mate lived in the posh end of town

WHEN I was about eight in Caernarfon my best pal was Tom and he lived in Gelert Street just up the road from my house. Read

Real fruits of Labour rule

MARTIN Eaglestone (Herald, January 10) talks about the “fruits of 10 years investment by a Labour government in for example new public buildings, more job opportunities and a hospital nearing completion at Tremadog”. Read

Make best use of Pwllheli’s assets

I PLUCK up courage to write to you as an incomer – been here six years, but will stay for ever! Read

Pool closure proposals are contrary to reason

IT is hard to believe a Gwynedd Council working party is recommending closure of Harlech Swimming Pool when the Assembly and Gwynedd Council are committed to policies of promoting health and fitness. Read

I TAKE this opportunity to thank the Caernarfon Harbour Trust for allowing free parking over Christmas in their car park in the town.

I’m sure such a gesture was most welcome by the town’s businesses and shoppers alike. Read

THE continued veneration of Edward I who killed the Prince of Wales in 1282 is as morally repugnant as glorifying Hitler for building the sea defences with French labour along the French Coast to prevent the D Day landings.

For the misinformation that the English conquered the Welsh in 1282 to be true, the English would have had to conquer English in 1066 and used the Normans to build the castles. Read

Leaders’ serious lack of foresight

I HAVE just seen Mr Iwan on the news explaining why the council had voted to carry their school reform measures through to the next stage, and I must admit I was almost convinced – well, briefly. Read