GLARING ERRORS ARE NOT WHAT THIS PAPER IS ALL ABOUT

 

The Times deserves

to be

slated!

The Times newspaper  has slipped up this week  in its report  of  the Lake District planners banning the use of Welsh slate on a development at Braithwaite. The planners insist on Lake District  slate.

That decision will have the backing of many local people who have long  considered  Welsh slate to be very inferior in quality to the local slate.

 And local  slate, apart from being more in keeping with this area is a lovely shade of green which is much more attractive  than the drab black of its  Welsh counterpart.

Interestingly, the green colouring is caused by chlorine in the rock.

Sadly, the Times report is  not  “in keeping”. Certainly not as “in keeping” as is the  Lake District slate because it contains a glaring error.  And errors are not  what  the Times is all about.

Lake District slate house at Coniston

The error is the report`s claim that the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith railway connected the Lake District with North Wales which is the home of the Welsh slate.

Of course, there never has been such a connection. Most people would say such a connection was impossible. And the two areas are nearly 200 miles apart.

 The Times claims in a headline over the report  that  the planners had “hit the roof” over the use of Welsh slate.

In view of that headline,Times readers are entitled to “hit the roof” over their paper`s inaccurate reporting.

Put it another way: The Times deserves to be slated

 Community Voice Carlisle is the blog of Carlisle Tenants` and Residents`Federation. Information about the Federation is available on 01228 522277.