JOHN Farrar's latest outburst is the accusation that Oswaldtwistle's county councillor Dorothy Westerll, knows nothing of Oswaldtwistle's traffic problems because she lives in Accrington (Letters, April 20).

Dorothy (Oswaldtwistle born and bred) is more than aware of those problems than most. When not attending meetings, she spends far more of her time in Oswaldtwistle than anywhere else. For example, she runs a councillor's surgery every Saturday at Oswaldtwistle Library. Should Mr Farrar wish to visit the library he might also be pleasantly surprised by the beautiful renovation carried out there (guess on whose initiative)?

BILL PINDER, Banbury Avenue, Oswaldtwistle.