Letter of the week

Sleeping Beauty for Lynmouth When reading the article in your 22 July issue on the cliff railway at Lynmouth, Devon, I immediately thought about the dreadful floods Lynmouth had in 1952. That year I was seven and lived in Manchester. A child on my avenue, Janet, suggested we do something to raise money for the people who were in difficulty. We decided to do a show, Sleeping Beauty, and I was chosen to play the lead, as I was the only one with long hair. The venue was the back garden of Janet’s p...