I AM writing in response to Paul Ponting’s letter asking for information about an old photo he had discovered.

The ladies in the photo were all members of Leonard Stanley WI although sadly most of them are now dead.

At the time we used to organise a regular collection of newspapers and cardboard in the village.

Remember, this was many years before recycling became a hot topic.

We sold the paper to a firm in Cam (although I cannot recall its name) and this enabled us to raise money for various local charities.

This worked very well until one day when we took a loaded car to the factory, only to find that the bottom had dropped out of the recycled paper market and they no longer took it, so we had the problem of disposing of a large quantity of unwanted paper!

Jill Hutchings

Secretary of Leonard Stanley WI