The Bridge: A Closing Editorial

Dear Reader,

It is with great sadness and regret that we have made the decision to close The Bridge Magazine, with December being our last edition. We have had the pleasure and honour to write to you every month, sharing news from around the area and promoting community events. We are sorry to bring this chapter to a close and hope you have enjoyed our publications over the years.

For your reading and contributions.

Thank you…..

and much appreciation for people who have, past and present, kept The Bridge alive for over quarter of a century.

To our editors, Norma Willmott, Bill Penfold, Eric Leather, Helen Page, Gail Uttley, Ben Haughie, Tom Rippon, and Avril Meakin.

To Tony Claydon, Steve Whalton and Chris Leek at their amazing non-profit making printing organisation in Felton Village Hall. Always prompt, reliable and unfailingly helpful.

To our wonderful and numerous team of distributors who have braved all kinds of weather to get The Bridge out to its subscribers every month without fail, and knocking on doors to collect subs from our readers at each New Year. Especially Nigel Stead, Norma Willmott, Isabel Chalmers, Avril Meakin, Suzanne Hodgson, Judith Williams, Cheryl Spark, Helen Barker, Veronica Merryweather, Dorothea Sinton, and not forgetting the irrepressible Andrew Baxter.

To our regular contributors of articles, jokes, photographs and paintings, notably Terry Quy, Hutton Barton, Helen Cooper, Helen Page, Andrew Willmott, Mick McMahon, Stewart Sexton, Jane Hardy, Geoff Sample and Colin Platt.

To our advertisers and sponsors, and a special thanks to Di Spark, Norma Willmott, Nick Naylor, Ruth Knox and Judy Woodford who have kept the income flowing.

To our incumbents, past and present, for all their help and support, and to Rev Alison Hardy for her help with managing the magazine finances.

Last and not least the current Bridge committee, Helen and Barrie Cooper, Tom Rippon, Ben Haughie, Avril Meakin, Terry Quy, Nigel Stead and Di Spark.

We would like to thank you….

Our loyal readers and subscribers….

For your support.

Without you we wouldn’t have been the success we have been.                                                                                                                        

 The Bridge Team