WHAT'S missing from the Kidderminster skyline this winter? The plume of white vapour.

Sadly, Kidderminster's winter landmark is no more now that the sugar beet factory has closed down.

The famous plume and the sweet smell of boiling sugar have been a part of the Kidderminster experience for many years.

What is going to replace these two things which were both visual and fragrant?

Maybe an eternal white plume. Or perhaps a much -needed multi-storey car park the size of Birmingham's Rotunda.

COLIN HILL

Dunnington Avenue, Kidderminster