As a Coventry City supporter, I too sang “Nice one Cyrille” back in the days (Tears and tributes for trailblazer Cyrille Regis, 31 January). However, as an academic I feel bound to say that the chant was originally for Cyril Knowles of Spurs. It was borrowed from a TV Wonderloaf advert and, performed by Cockerel Chorus, it peaked at No 14 in the UK singles charts in March 1973. Cyrille’s first game for the Baggies was in 1977.
Alan Woodley
Northampton
• Your feature about localism initiatives in Preston (How to take back control, 31 January) was inspiring. But whose idea was it to illustrate it with a large image of a lock-up garage? Why is the north always represented in such a negative way? In another example I was particularly annoyed by the Virgin East Coast line train manager last week, who decided it was really funny to announce that the train was stopping at various “holes in the hedge” on the way to London, and that “unfortunately” we would be stopping at Doncaster. These are real communities needing investment. How can we hope to succeed in this when the media and others fail to support them?
Susan Major
York
• I knew Capita were in trouble (Capita shares plunge amid fears over ‘new Carillion’, 1 February) a few years ago when they wrote to me as District Nurse David Simpson.
District Judge David Simpson (retired)
Datchet, Berkshire
• President Nixon the last person to resign as a non-quitter (Letters, 2 February)? Er, wasn’t that David Cameron?
Gary Bennett
Exeter
• In Greg Wood and Chris Cook you have two of the best racing journalists around, so why can’t we have the racecards? I have to buy another newspaper (won’t name it) just to get the runners and riders. Surely with your new format you could find space?
Sue Spence
Ludlow, Shropshire
• The move to tabloid I can understand. But red-top? (Front page, 2 February)
Tim Gossling
Cambridge
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