My wife and I recently took our son to an informal meeting with one the school's house tutors.

Thereafter we had an appointment at the the academy's uniform shop. We were greeted and served by a very friendly and professional lady.

The total cost for the essentials came to 80-something pounds. So where the £200 to £300 rumour comes from is a mystery.

Yes, we did double up on a couple of things and did add some rugby shorts. But even then we only just went over the £100 mark.

People have argued that you will have to add coats and shoes etc, but everybody has to do that.

I hope this goes some way to allay potential parents' fears.
Graham Drury
Allen Road,
New England,
Peterborough

Recovery not a problem
I would like to correct the statement in your paper dated June 25 regarding the overturned lorry on A1073 at Eye.

For our recovery company (Ratcliffes), the job did not prove to be troublesome and we did not have to call for any assistance.

The cranes we had on site were more than capable of lifting the load of melons had the trailer been a shipping container or a fridge trailer but, unfortunately, it was a curtain side trailer, these vehicles do not withstand being lifted laden, as a result the melons were off loaded, re-boxed and restacked into replacement transport and the vehicle was then quite effortlessly righted on to its wheels with our equipment.

Just for a note there were approximately 17,500 melons on the vehicle.
Bill Ratcliffe
Managing Director
Ratcliffes

The kindness of a stranger
On Tuesday I travelled, with my 85-year-old mother, from Worcester to her brother's funeral in Peterborough.

Because of bad road conditions we were severely delayed and arrived in Peterborough with 20 minutes to spare, but then couldn't find the crematorium.

In desperation I stopped a passing motorist and instead of giving directions he said "just follow me" and seemed to drive miles out of his way to take me to the crematorium.

We were so touched by this stranger's kindness, without which we would never have reached the funeral in time, and there was no time to properly thank him as he waved us into the crematorium and went on his way.

Sally Neath



Starbucks could hold answer

Has anybody thought of trying to do a deal with Starbucks which has the old Lloyds Bank building in Cathedral Square. Surely the security infrastructure is mostly still in place?

It would be cheaper for Starbucks to relocate, which the Post Office could underwrite the costs of.