It has always struck me a rather peculiar that the Armistice Day two minutes' silence should take place on Belle Vue Island at all.

Not only are there problems with traffic noise, the area is far too small to accommodate those wishing to take part - to a point of being dangerous with steps leading down from the area used.

I'm sure if Malvern Hills District Council, which owns the site, checked the safety issues involved with its insurance company, it would be deemed to be unsafe.

In addition, the Royal British Legion has to go to the trouble of importing a temporary memorial every year.

It seems even more nonsensical when only a short distance away in the library gardens there is a war memorial where none of the above problems exist.

On the walls of the library are the names of those who gave their lives in both world wars. Would it not be more appropriate to have the silence in the presence (so to speak) of those who died?

There must have been a reason in the mists of time for having the silence on Belle Vue Island but I cannot think of one now and maybe it is time for a change.

John Ford, Avenue Road, Malvern.