Echoes of 30s from TUC chief

From: Mrs V Lloyd, Westfield Crescent, Kirkhamgate, Wakefield.

THE comments by the head of TUC, Frances O’Grady (Yorkshire Post, September 10) attacking everyone and everything in connection with government, took me back to the late 1920s and early 30s when the “Bolshies” as they were called, were in favour of everything that came out of Russia.

Ms O’Grady is certainly a product of left-wing indoctrination, lacking knowledge of years during and after the war when everyone worked together for the good of the country.

Thank God life is very different now.

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Although I haven’t the means to travel the world and spend money like water, which the TUC will be doing, I don’t envy her having that job. I suggest she learns more about real life and real people before she gets to my age and try working for the private sector.

They are a much kinder and sociable bunch of people. I can vouch for that.

Tennis racket

From: Ross Taggart, The Avenue, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland.

ALTHOUGH all sorts of unforeseen consequences will no doubt ensue should Scotland vote for independence next year, one dire outcome has occurred to me: Mr Fred Perry will once again be our last home grown winner of Wimbledon, and once again the TV commentators will witter on about that fact ad nauseam, while showing pictures of him in his blessed long trousers!

Flag customs

From: Kerry Bagshaw, Newbiggin, Bishopdale, Leyburn.

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ROBERT Bramham (Yorkshire Post, September 14) may wish to recall we became aware of a potential need to fly the national flag as a distress signal only after the union with Ireland in 1801. Prior to that it didn’t really matter which way up we flew it. A hard one to grasp, with a name like mine.