SIR, Just over a month ago, the fair came to Wantage. They put up a number of large posters around the town.

Today (November 4), these posters are still up; by now, they are sodden, falling to pieces and, in one case, causing a nuisance on the pavement: we had to pick it up and put it in a rubbish bin. A fortnight ago, on the advice of the town clerk, I wrote to the Vale about this. They have sent it to the ‘relevant department’.

However, surely it should not be the Vale which has to clear up. If the fair puts up these posters, it should be its responsibility to take them down. Perhaps this might be made a condition of its next coming to Wantage.

Dick Brown, Charlton Road, Wantage