THE residents of St John's should join Joe Walter in his campaign to save the historically important Scots Pine trees in Swanpool Walk.

Originally planted in clumps of six trees, these were waymarkers for the Drovers Road from Aberystwyth to London.

Driven in their thousands, flocks of sheep and herds of cattle crossed the Welsh Border passing through Martley, Broadheath Common, Oldbury Farm to the now solitary waymark on the corner of Solitaire Avenue/Oldbury Road.

Making their way into St John's, the beasts were fed and watered in the meadows below Swanpool Walk. They would then ford the tidal Severn before setting off up London Road and over the Cotswolds.

This incredible road can still be followed using the waymark trees and it would be tragic if Worcester allowed developers to break the chain.

Virtually every route in to the city is waymarked with Scots Pines and these should be carefully safe guarded for future generations to show the city's importance as a cattle market.

The Southern Bypass has introduced comparative traffic calm to St John's and it would be planning madness to bring 44-ton multi-vibrating axled lorries with their refrigerators running into a mainly residential area.

Neighbours of other supermarkets will confirm that planning constraints are ignored by noisy vehicles parking at night to await unloading.

R M SINCLAIR,

Lower Broadheath,

Worcester.