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Whether you’re for it or not, I think we can agree one of the major local talking points recently has been Tesco’s plans to open on Sundays. Personally, I’m strongly opposed to the idea. More from an anti-commercialism point of view than anything else. Can we not cope without having to go to a shop for one day? Lazy Sundays are one of the absolute best things about living here. I think it’s a slippery slope – if Tesco opens, the rest will surely follow. Do people not have anything better to do with their time? Read a book, go for a walk, watch a film…relax after a busy week’s work? It’ll be interesting to see whether it goes ahead and if, indeed, it will be a success (I suspect it will judging by the queuing hordes waiting for the bacon rolls at Engies of a Sunday morning!) Get with the times? No thanks! A quiet Sunday, whatever its origins, is something of our culture I’m loathe to lose. And if tourists don’t like it, well I’m afraid there are plenty other places they could visit! I don’t go on holiday wishing the place I have chosen to visit (and spend a lot of money getting to) is different. You take what you get.

               Speaking of changing things, how do you like our new look? I hope you enjoyed the last issue and there’s plenty more in these pages to keep you going through these dark evenings. I would like to put a call out for more longer length articles or ideas for them – please get in touch if you have something of interest.

               Our next issue is the Christmas double issue, the last of 2024, so get your material sent in before 15 November (the earlier the better!).