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Letters / Don’t speak ill of the dead

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18 August 2020 16:40

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The late Gussie Angus devoted the majority of his adult life in the service of the Shetland community.

The huge number of people at his funeral bears testimony to this.

I was taught that ‘you do not speak ill of the dead’.

Recent correspondence in Shetland News demonstrates this no longer holds true.

‘Reticent’ former councillors

I had not realised that people within this community could stoop to such depths.

John Waters
Lerwick

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