Ode to unjustly sacked gravedigger Ray Loxton
The Grave DiggerTHE grave digger smiledAs he leaned on his spadeAnd whispered this sentenceBe ye not afraidI’ll dig you a holeThat will make you feel proudBut we must ask authoritiesIf it’s allowedThe grave digger wavedAnd saluted his handHe meant no mischiefHis manner was grandJust doing his jobIn the way he was taughtBut the local authoritiesCut him down shortNow sacked just for smilingAnd happy at workHis wages have tumbledTears in the dirtHe’s filled in the holeLike authorities saidNow…

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Wells landlord: God – the ultimate couch potato
RE: the ‘how to make God relevant again’ letter.How about God just takes an hour from his busy schedule and comes to see us all?That would remove centuries of doubt and even Professor Dawkins would get onto his knees.God does, after all, live outside of time and space, so the effort required on his part would technically be zero.He must be the ultimate couch potato.Steve WilsonLandlord, The King’s HeadWells

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Croscombe letter writer: story of Christmas brings a lot of joy
ONE of the most wonderful gifts about God is that of diversity.While many successful and gifted humans desire to be known and recognised, God has encouraged us to use our imagination, (especially through stories in which our ancestors could relate), to create diverse ideas about Him which include an elephants head; sailing a boat across the sky; male and female bodies; living in a fluffy cloud.Being so much a greater “form” than us, it is very likely that if God could be seen, that He…

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When will Shepton Mallet prison pigs stop flying?
THERE are lots of people who agree with Mrs P Harris (Shepton Journal letters, December 5) that the prison should become a tourist attraction.We at the Shepton Mallet Local History Group desperately want a heritage centre to store the ever-increasing amount of old paperwork that people are kindly letting us have instead of it going into the skip when they move house or have a tidy up. The more the merrier.But there is a problem. How is the prison or somewhere even smaller going to be financed?…

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