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And here's the full text of the next one which got edited .........
Dear Sir,
I am disappointed that A C King (Advertiser May 7th) highlights the fact that two of the three letters on the subject of tourist-related businesses came from outside the Town’s boundaries.
Whilst accepting that I am not directly affected by the volume of visitors, this surely does not preclude my protestations on behalf of all Swanage’s seasonal businesses, not just one in particular. Take the time, Mr. King, to think exactly how many people are directly and indirectly employed by the tourist businesses; not just the waitresses and shop assistants, but the decorators, plumbers and carpenters who work on the shops and the homes of the business owners, the garages who service their cars, and so on. Swanage’s economy is inter-related and inextricably linked with the tourist trade.
Very few of the issues which I take up actually concern ME. It would be very easy to ‘shut up shop’ and retire to my house in Harmans Cross with my deckchair and my cats. But one has to take a broader picture, stand up for, and try in some way to work for the community in which I have lived for over 60 years.
If you, Mr.King, have lived here for your whole life and detest tourists, why don’t you move away ? And conversely, if you knowingly moved into a Tourist Town then you have no justification for complaining about the tourists.
And finally; “You Don’t Hear OAP’s complain”. Sorry, Mr.Editor, you got that wrong ! The media is full of OAP’s complaining about the meagre interest on their savings; they’re lucky indeed to have savings. The point of savings is to provided for a ‘rainy day’ and economically-speaking, it’s pouring. I’d rather earn 0.5% on my ISA’s if it means that the low rates can give much-needed relief to those not as fortunate as myself, stuck with huge mortgages to pay.
Life shouldn’t be all about “how it affect ME”. No man is an island.
