I READ Adrian Taylor’s letter ‘Hedgerows destroyed by council workmen”.

The stretch of A40 between Cassington and Eynsham was looking so beautiful in the early summer, but after the rain we had in the spring everything grew rapidly.

It seems hedges are among the ‘get as much done as you can in an hours’ of council responsibility.

Gone are the days of the old ‘edger and ditcher’ when workmen could take pride in this work. Sadly this is the way of the world today.

Today’s letters

What happened to the ‘stone-wallers’ who build up the broken walls with carefully matched stone and the whole lot cleaned as they went along.

Time I guess is the answer to all these skills and, as Adrian pointed out, the beautiful silver birch trees planted three years ago are not likely to last the winter.

Can we have some talent bought back into the important job of keeping our footpaths and cycle paths clear and tidy.

As usual all the pictures sent in by your readers give me a tremendous amount of pleasure. Keep up the good work.

MARY STIFF

Corunna Crescent

Oxford

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