SIR - Hearing of the probable demise of Sunnyside School took me back more than 50 years.

I can well remember the living room table piled high with little beige dresses which were in various stages of completion. My aunt, Miss Ada Checketts, was the school dressmaker.

There were many times I was called upon to "model" a dress - when the depth of the hem needed measuring or the shoulder of a bodice had to be marked before a sleeve could be correctly inserted.

The dresses were highly labour intensive not only for my aunt, but also for the person responsible for the laundering and ironing - usually, of course, the pupil's mother.

All of this was before the introduction of easy-care, non-iron fabrics and the full gathered skirts, puffed sleeves and Peter Pan collars needed much tender loving care.

I remember once, my aunt asked Miss Tysoe why she had chosen such a design. Her reply was simply: "But they are my advert for the school".

And what a distinctive advert, for the bodice of each dress was adorned with an embellish letter "S" which my aunt had spent many hours carefully embroidering.

I wonder how many "little girls" there are who can remember wearing such an attractive uniform?

Mrs HA Fisher,

Worcester.