Many of the country’s train stations shut down by John Beeching were little jewels in their own right. In my opinion, the man was an animal and didn’t do ICI any good either. ICI had a number of such managers during the time I worked for them. It’s disappointing and one could wish for more intelligent ways of dealing with things. I liked Shaun McGuire’s letter on Tuesday 3rd September 3. It hit the nail on the head. Oil is the commodity Alex Salmond wants, but I think we all knew that, didn’t we?

Walt Jackson, Usk