Sorting givers from takers
In a message to her constituents new Member of Parliament Sally-Ann Hart said:
“Hastings and Rye residents have so many strengths, but the next few weeks are going to require us all to pull out, from deep within ourselves, a different kind of fortitude – of patience, tolerance, restraint and, ultimately sacrifice.
“Our family relationships and mental health will be put under pressure. We will all have to live our lives in a different way to what we have all been used to, and for those who say “I cannot do this”, you must. It is times like this which whittles the wheat from the chaff; the givers from the takers; finding our strength in adversity”
Please don’t visit 1066 Country at the moment
That is the message from 1066 Country Marketing at present despite tourism bringing more than 15,000 jobs and £660M to the local economy in a good year.
Covid-19 has hit the tourism business badly with nearly all attractions closed down, including popular beaches like Camber Sands, and the rot started when the annual flow of language students from abroad suddenly dried up.
Post Office returns
Camber has got its post office back in New Lydd Road and is open for longer hours than when it closed in 2017. The opening hours are now Monday – Friday 9am – 5:30pm and Saturday 9am – 12:30pm
Bonfire goes out
Rye Bonfire Society cancelled its Easter quiz on Wednesday, April 8 and also its April meeting in light of the coronavirus situation. But it is hoped to organise a Summer quiz in August.
Self help organisations
In addition to Rye Mutual Aid which covers the town and much of the surrounding area existing organisations are springing into life. In Iden this is ICE, the Iden Community Emergency Resilience Team, who can be contacted for help on 280208 between 6pm and 8:30pm in the evenings or at ICE.idenparish@gmail.com. While In Northiam Helping Hands and Northiam Together are there to help and can be contacted at northiamtogether@gmail.com or Helping Hands on 07522 473173.
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“It is times like this which whittles the wheat from the chaff; the givers from the takers; finding our strength in adversity,” says our newly elected MP.
What does our MP mean? How dare she suggest that there are some people more worthy than others. The wheat and the chaff, the givers and the takers!
This is a time when we should be exhorted by our MP to stick together. Unless she is referring to ‘tax-efficient’ donors to her party who are the takers, while the people on the lowest wages delivering vital public services who are the givers.
But then it is the ‘nasty party’ as described by Mrs May.
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