By Mike Senior
Thanks to our current Parish Clerk Viv Robins I have been able to read through the official letters sent by a Mr Piddington who was The-Lee Parish Clerk in the early 1920s. It is an interesting commentary on how man has progressed over the past 90 years, as you will gather from the following extracts:
5th March 1921: To the Amersham R.D.C. “...will you kindly let me have a reply to my letter of 1 Nov 1920 re – bad state of roads in Herewig lane.”There are many more of Mr Piddington’s letters in the same vein. A final extract confirms that civilisation continues to progress:
2nd July 1921: To County Hall, Aylesbury. “...would you place four danger signs at Swan Bottom cross-roads. This is a most dangerous corner.”
4th August 1921: To Amersham R.D.C. “...would you kindly let me know what Amersham and Aylesbury Councils have decided to do as regards the repairs in Herewig lane.”
29th April 1922: To Amersham R.D.C. “...the attention of the Amersham R.D.C. is drawn to the disgraceful state of the roads in the parish of The-Lee.”
24th Feb 1923: To the representative of The-Lee on the Amersham R.D.C. “...the holes in Potter Row at the corner of Leather Lane are very dangerous.”
1st Sept 1924: To the Amersham R.D.C. “...we draw your attention to the poor state of the roads in this parish.”
2nd Nov 1924: To the Aylesbury Council. “...we urge you to repair the roads in this parish, especially the road at Hunts Green.”
25th June 1925: To Bucks C.C. “...would you kindly erect a danger sign at the top of Ballinger Hill (Sly Corner) in consequence of this road being used by motor buses.”
24th June 1921: To the Ministry of Health, London. “...will you kindly send me Memorandum 114/X and form X58 as stated in Memo 179/X as early as possible.”It’s good to think that these days we are spared all of the above. Things are getting better and better all the time.