I HAVE fond memories of marching four abreast from Stanley Road School to Pitchcroft for our Friday afternoon game of football or cricket in the 1920s and 30s.

A pile of jackets had to suffice for goalposts or wickets. We wore our ordinary school clothes and footwear for there was no money to spare for luxuries. And yet we were rich, for we had this vast expanse of land to play on, and it was ours.

We regarded it as part of our great English heritage our forefathers had fought and died for and knew we, in turn, might soon be expected to do the same.

Traditionally, horse racing was one of the activities for which Pitchcroft was used, but it was never predominantly a racecourse, nor never intended to be. For many years, various organisers and others worked amicably together but it seems this is now at an end.

It appears the racing element is attempting to dominate and impose restrictions on others.

Perhaps the time has come for us to urge our city councillors to say to this private company, "on your horses and take your racing somewhere else."

The net result would be dramatic reduction in the volume of traffic congesting the Faithful City on race days.

JOHN HINTON,

Worcester.