
Speed traps
Sir, The Edwardian motorist had to contend with Bobbies with whistles and stopwatches jumping out of hedges. Judging by a police "cameo" I recently witnessed nothing has changed. I was…
Sir,
May I hasten to correct a major, though non-motoring, error in your February issue?
On page 179, in the article GP Napiers, you have published an illustration showing Jarrot, Edge and Stocks at Rheban “with Edge’s pit-bull terrier”. It is not a pit-bull terrier, but a perfectly standard, white English bull terrier, of which I currently have two. It is extremely important that these affectionate, family dogs should not be confused with the most undesirable pit-bulls a breed which I doubt had been ‘invented’ in Edge’s day.
Peter Garnier, Penzance.