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From J Wightman Douglas

-------- BONDGATE TOWER, ALNWICK. TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,

The South entrance to Alnwick is guarded by Bondgate Tower, belonging to the Duke of Northumberland and erected about 1450, in memory of Hotspur who was slain a few years previously. In design it is similar to parts of Warkworth Castle. Unable to appreciate its beauty, the Alnwick Urban Council have resolved to offer the G.P.O. a site for a vari-coloured telephone kiosk in front of this old gateway. May I, therefore, ask every Society and person interested in ancient buildings to beg the postmaster-general to decline the offer and to ask the Northumberland County Council, who have an interest in the highway, to oppose the. Better sites, are available. J. WIGHTMAN DOUGLAS. Spring Gardens, Alnwick, Nov. 13.