I RECENTLY had an article printed in the BEN's "Old Pals" column, and, as a result of this article, my wife and I have spent a most memorable few days with a cousin my wife had not seen for over 40 years.

May I thank you for running the column and may I, through the columns of your newspaper, as a southerner, thank my wife's cousin for the kindness he and his partner bestowed upon us, the proprietors of The Woods Guest House, Smithills, for their hospitality, and, in general, thank the Bolton people, because, as far as I am concerned, they don't come any better, anywhere.

Mr D H & Mrs E Millard

Woodlands Park

Quedgeley, Gloucester