WHEN I first came to live in Redditch 23 years ago, it was a small market town.

While out walking with my children, what I saw was a sea of mud in which men were working to build homes for people to live in.

The conditions were so bad that one workman, to struggle free from the mud, had had to leave his size 14 boot behind.

Now, men near to my home are again working in mud to build homes for people.

The barriers erected to protect the public and the building works are being smashed down.

My family all work extremely hard, as does most of the community. Taxes pay for education. It is not free. Many young people are a credit to their parents. They are constructive.

I strongly object to having to pay towards the dysfunctional and destructive element.

I am tired of hearing the mis-use of our language consisting of four-letter words; of seeing nothing but rubbish dropped over pathways; broken glass; lamp standards bent over pathways and pulled out from the ground.

Is it possible for the schools in the area, one class at a time with black sacks, under supervision, to clean up this mess?

Would it be feasible to employ an educational psychologist and psychiatrist in order to determine why some parents and pupils alike display such anti-social behaviour?

Is it beyond the wit of man to make them pay damages for all the costs incurred and could not an order be made to eradicate them from the schools in order that young people who wish to attain academic achievement and be successful can do so?

Mrs Anne Adams

Huntington Close

Winyates