Letter: In Brief

Sir: Your article "My doctors are too informal" (Dilemmas, 25 February) reminded me of an elderly parishioner in a friend's parish who much objected to being addressed by the new (and eager-to-be-friendly) vicar as anything but "Mrs".

She said: "I spent years in service being told, `Vera, do this' or `Vera, do that', and it's nice to have some respect at my age."

THE REV G J WRAYFORD

Minehead,

Somerset