Mr and Mrs Alison’s letter addresses issues in Upper Parkstone that have been raised many times, over many years.
On the matter of no Christmas lights year after year, this is a damning indictment of the failure of all ward councillors for Ashley Road.
On the matter of the local secondary school, Poole leaders are fully committed to a two-tier selection apartheid system – one of only 11 councils in the country.
It is a case of excellence and no expense spared for pet grammar schools (£3.6 million development for Poole Grammar this year) while other schools are left to founder. Academy status does mean, I believe, that council policies have chronically failed and government and sponsors have had to take over.
And the political party working men’s clubs in Ashley Road?
Clearly a matter of personal choice but a dozen or more members smoking outside, during the day, hardly does credit to the name plates of parties claiming to be getting Britain back to work!
Jeff Williams, Jubilee Road, Parkstone
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