I WOULD just like to express my gratitude to the person who has re-decorated the side of my house.

Thank you very much. It must have cost you in excess of £2 to buy the spray paint, and you aren't going to charge me a penny! That's very kind of you.

Now I have a house to be proud of. It really is a pleasure for me, when I have friends or family around, to have to try and get them to come from the other direction, so that I don't have to explain that the local children like to spray-paint houses.

Seriously though! Have you not got anything better to do than deface my house by spray-painting your name across it? Do you think that we all live in an area to be proud of now? Because I am ashamed of it.

Why not have a little pride in your area and make it somewhere that we can all be proud of.

Kieran A McGeehan

Hennon Street

Halliwell

Bolton