Train robbers

The article on the great train robbers was excellent, but only told of Ronny Biggs. Is it possible to cover what happened to the rest of the main gang? Where

April 15, 2004by shareitIn

VdL respond

With reference to the letter to the editor which appeared in your April 2 edition, entitled ‘Luxury development’, in which the Vale do Lobo resort is mentioned, we would like

April 15, 2004by shareitIn

Celebrated since early times

As Margaret Brown says, Bede attributed the Easter festival to Eostre and as far as the name is concerned she was correct. However, both the spring and autumn equinoxes, like

April 15, 2004by shareitIn

Correspondence – letter nº 6

From memory, I have written about five letters to The Resident over the years, only one of which was printed. No complaint there – Editor’s privilege and all that, but

April 1, 2004by shareitIn

A question of taste

Thank you for printing Margaret Brown’s The Traditions of Strangers, in which she describes pig slaughtering etc. My heart goes out to her, as well as all animals that suffer

April 1, 2004by shareitIn

LAPS lunch thanks

Would you please convey my thanks to all who attended or, in some way supported, the annual Christmas lunch in aid of the Lagos Animal Protection Society held at Do

January 2, 2004by Portugal ResidentIn

Meia Praia development

I’m disappointed to read of the planned development for Meia Praia near Lagos and hope that it will be rejected by Lagos Câmara. Meia Praia is a beautiful, largely unspoilt,

January 2, 2004by Portugal ResidentIn

Thanks for the help

We would like to thank all the people who have supported our events in aid of victims of the fires and Bombeiros de Silves (which are still ongoing). There are

January 2, 2004by Portugal ResidentIn