SIR: I refer to the article "You're a bunch of plebs" (BEN, February 26).Mr Riley should not label all Westhoughton folk as a bunch of 'plebs'.
I quite like the statue and would be most upset if it were moved. The Ditchfield Gardens bring back many a happy memory where I used to sit with my grandmother before the park was 'done up', when I was a child. So perhaps the garden is the most appropriate place for our Woman and Child.
I would hate it to be removed at further expense to we plebs, when so many pavements, road markings and traffic signs in nearby King Street, Queen Street and back Market Street are in great need of a face-lift and repair.
E Carr
King Street, Westhoughton
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