Short-sighted
Last updated 17:34, Thursday, 21 August 2008
I WAS interested to read your article about Dilston (Courant, August 15), having been born in the maternity ward there during the war.
Although I left the North-East in 1960 to live in London, I have relatives in this area that I enjoy visiting.
I remember childhood holidays in Northumberland but, at that age, never appreciated the unique beauty of the landscape.
With historic sites such as Dilston and Hadrian’s Wall, I feel that it’s very short-sighted that there is no funding for excavation from central Government.
Properly funded, the excavations are a potential goldmine for the future, at both local and national levels.
WILFRED DILSTON GIBSON,
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