SIR – The passing of actress Kathy (Nora Batty) Staff is a great loss, both to the Last of the Summer Wine TV series and to Yorkshire. When one only sees mostly London and the south take most of the credit for TV, it’s refreshing that northern talent such as Kathy Staff shines through, as she had won Yorkshire Woman of the Year and her character of Nora Batty has surely put Yorkshire on the map!

Those wrinkled stockings have been worth their weight in gold over the years. Gone but not forgotten.

R Halliday, Crag Road, Shipley