I note from the Borehamwood Times, dated August 3, that a book has been specially written for Hertfordshire Primary Schools that will serve to educate children on Gypsy culture and that the publication in question was written by the county's traveller education team.

The pollution of the countryside caused by Gypsys in Hertfordshire alone costs the local authority thousands of pounds every year. I sincerely trust, therefore, that the writers of this publication have made that fact abundantly clear to its would-be readers.

Carl Wilkinson

Maydwell Lodge,

Anthony Road,

Borehamwood.