I HAVE just read the report about the parking ban in Longborough and to say I am amazed would be putting it rather mildly - it is just beyond belief.

The proposed double yellow lines came about because of the dangerous traffic hazard over the years. Many accidents happened with cars, motor cycles and bicycles and because of this my father in 1925 ended his motorcycling days.

Why do you think that large stone was positioned at the corner of the building which was named Smith Shop then Hornes Shop and now a private house? It was not a buttress but to ease any vehicles round the building instead of head first into the said shop corner.

All this was done with safety in mind 80 years ago but life has moved on; with high speed of today the good people of Longborough came to this conclusion after much discussion and with the result of the village survey 71% in favour with only 29% against. When the proposition was put to the council the elected councillors used their vote in favour in the knowledge that, together with their own views, it had to be a good move for the village to save a possible serious accident.

Rumour has it there was a very good reason for the withdrawal of the land for the proposed car park owing to remarks made by selfish people who do not wish to go those few extra yards where their cars would be safe and therefore remove this very serious hazard. Some village folk do not seem to get their priorities right- even in an old village like Longborough you have to move in the direction which best for all in the 21st century.

Now I come back to the vote to lay down double yellow lines - that minute is still valid and the wish of the good folk of the village must be implemented. The fact that the main users of this section of the highway to the exclusion of any other person, who bought a house without a car space or garage is not the prime concern of the village.

As I see it the situation for the parish council has not changed. They only have to press the county council for an early date to lay down the yellow lines and to keep pressure on.

When it was proposed that the county councillor should be invited to attend our parish council some 25 years ago it was to offer help and to assist. I can never remember the three previous county councillors taking sides or being persuaded by others in what was a domestic problem after a valid survey by the whole village had been taken.

CHARLES HENRY (HARRY) WILLIAMS, Swan Close, Moreton.

Retired chairman of Longborough Parish Council and retired chairman of Longborough Relief in Need Charity - after 41 years servi