I am talking about what was probably the best bus station in the south.

It was large with a waiting room and a very good café, rooms for the staff and garages at the rear for bus repairs.

It ran along the side of the river and was well placed in the town opposite which is now Wilkinsons. It ran in a U-shape in and out for the buses, buses parked all the way around waiting for passengers but when it is allowed to close for another shop it is gone forever. Now we have to pay with second best in a wind tunnel.

Many Andover people will remember that very good bus station.

M H Shillabeer, Casterbridge Lane, Weyhill.