Sir – Could councillor Keith Mitchell and the shade of Squire Cobb be one and the same? Both haunt Adderbury and get vexed when their wishes are ignored.

Their apparitions come thundering through the town on their carriages shaking the ground, Squire Cobb whipping the horses, councillor Mitchell whipping the students and council workers. When they meet opposition, they speed past not stopping to listen.

Stephen Harness, Witney