AT LAST, a letter about the war memorial (Letters, June 29). After so many letters a couple of years back I thought the subject must have been banned!

It’s high time that the wrong of its removal in the 50s was righted.

A churchyard is nothing to do with memorials. It is a private place while war memorial are intended to be a very public commemoration and reminder of the sacrifice made by individuals in the cause of a national ie public endeavour and as such need to be in a prominent position where they not only can be but are seen.

Up and down the country war memorials can be seen at crossroads, village greens, market squares and seafronts, not hidden away out of sight out of mind. They are not intended to be quiet places for the private contemplation of grief.

So what if market traders’ boxes get stacked around it on market days? So what, even, if those who had a skin-full relieved themselves against it occasionally (some of those recorded on it might have done the same in similar circumstances)? And the High Street is now traffic free, so no problem there.

And how much better the area would look with the memorial there to give it some focus and presence.

Michael Wood, Dronfield, Derbyshire.

Editor’s note: For absolute clarity, no subjects have been ‘banned’ from the letters pages, despite it sometimes feeling we could all do with a cooling off of the EU back and forth discussions / arguments.