SIR – A large part of N Taylor’s latest (November 28) contribution was, sadly, incomprehensible, and the rest wasn’t improved by false conflation and quotations out of context.
In short, my consistent narrative – almost completely unengaged by Mr Taylor – has been that Worcester has grown, consistently, for several thousand years.
When my house was built, in the 1890s, families were large (but there was no immigration). Brief telephone directory research leads me to believe that, when his house was built (on a green field, 1920s to 30s?), there was much suburban rehousing after inner-city slum-clearance (but, again, no immigration).
Now, in the Noughties, it is significant factors other than immigration (family break-up, students, and so on) which continue to put pressure on housing supply. That’s all. Clearly, Mr Taylor is a man who will never allow the facts to confuse him, nor to get in the way of a good prejudice.
As for his charge of contumely, I could never begin to compete with his very own “stark raving bonkers”.
David Barlow,
Worcester.
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