{"id":15751,"date":"2025-07-08T11:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15751"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:35:01","slug":"15751","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15751","title":{"rendered":"July Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1652\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1652\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-orig-size=\"100,42\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quill-purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" class=\"wp-image-1652 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1614791868200.jpg?resize=150%2C63\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"63\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dear Editor, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Gary, Carl and Leanne Davies and family would<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">like to thank all friends and family for their<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">magnificent support, messages and cards since the<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">passing of our beautiful, loving, caring and<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">thoughtful wife and mother, Nichola Davies. Nichola<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">was our world and meant everything to us and was<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">loved by so many people, especially for her<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">wonderful smile.<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Thank you also to all who helped with the<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u2018celebration of her life\u2019 on May the 22nd and to the<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">many, many friends and family who attended on the<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">day and made it a very special day. RIP my<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">wonderful wife.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1652\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1652\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-orig-size=\"100,42\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quill-purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" class=\"wp-image-1652 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1614791868200.jpg?resize=150%2C63\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"63\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>ELY CORRIES SKITTLE TEAM <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>I really enjoyed Nigel&#8217;s article in the June<br \/>\nedition &#8211; Talkin&#8217; about 1960s Vinyl Records. I&#8217;ve<br \/>\nnever been knowledgeable about music myself but<br \/>\ndo recall spending my allowance or early earnings<br \/>\non singles and even an LP or two. The line that<br \/>\nbrought back memories for me was this: &#8220;You didn&#8217;t<br \/>\nlike every track, but you knew sooner or later<br \/>\nsomething would come up you liked.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn this age of digital playlists and &#8220;skip&#8221;<br \/>\ncapabilities (much easier than lifting the needle and<br \/>\nlooking for the next groove), I sometimes forget the<br \/>\nvalue of listening to something that is not to my taste<br \/>\nand practising the patience, and hope, for something<br \/>\nI will like. Thank you, Nigel, for the memories and<br \/>\nthe reminder.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><br \/>\nChris Hutchison-Hounsell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/letter.jpg?w=860\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Dear Editor, Gary, Carl and Leanne Davies and family would like to thank all friends and family for their magnificent support, messages and cards since the passing of our beautiful, loving, caring and thoughtful wife and mother, Nichola Davies. Nichola was our world and meant everything to us and was loved by so many people, especially for her [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[138,423],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6cWjO-15751","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10335,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10335","url_meta":{"origin":15751,"position":0},"title":"September Letters","author":"Alan Williams","date":"19th September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 (The Editors are not responsible for opinions expressed, although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information. 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