THE former Red Lion Hotel in Henley could keep traces of its old name when it re-opens under a new one. The Grade II listed hotel at the foot of Hart Street is .
Woman, 87, wants more public seating for elderly );
);
AN elderly woman has called for more public seating to be made available in Henley after she was denied a seat at a building society branch.
Pamela Hodgson, 87, was not allowed to sit down when she visited the Nationwide premises in Market Place.
The branch manager says this was due to the coronavirus restrictions and has since made seating available to customers.
The incident happened on April 8 after Ms Hodgson had walked from her home at Bowling Court, a distance of just under a mile.
She said: “It’s quite a walk from my house to the town centre and at my age it is difficult, especially if there’s nowhere to sit while waiting in a shop.
Network Rail refuses to refurbish ‘eyesore’ bridge );
);
THE company responsible for an “eyesore” railway bridge in Henley is refusing to pay for it to be refurbished.
Network Rail says it does not have the money for “cosmetic” work like the maintenance of the cast iron bridge in Mill Lane over the Henley branch line.
The Henley Society, a conservation group, has been in talks with the firm since the end of last year.
It says the bridge is a priority for its Treasures and Eyesores campaign, in which members are asked to identify areas of the town that need special attention.
Harmful effects of failure to share NHS records
SIR – For some years I have attended the Royal Eye Infirmary at Dorset County Hospital to undertake regular monitoring tests for my glaucoma.
In March this year, the NHS very sensibly opened a standalone eye clinic in the town, in order to relieve some of the pressures on the eye infirmary at Dorset County Hospital.
On completion of my examination, eye scans and visual fields test, the results were immediately and carefully reviewed by the optometrist, who told me that, as this was my first appointment with the clinic, I should return in four months’ time for duplicate tests so that they might begin to establish a monitoring record.