SIR: I respond to a letter (BEN, July 24 ) from a 'gentleman' on Ainse Road, who had the audacity to infer that his regular postman would be better employed as a surly traffic warden.

The outraged, but gratifying response from this particular postman's regular customers would seem to indicate that Mr Sutton's opinion is most definitely not shared by anyone else.

I suggest that Mr Sutton also keeps his eyes peeled for the much maligned traffic warden.

R Parr, Harrison Crescent, Blackrod,

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