SIR - I read Geoff Smith's letter (T&A, September 1) which brought a little smile to my face, together with a warm feeling of nostalgia.

Yes, in pre-television days the radio was your theatre of dreams'. Fond memories of Tommy Handley's ITMA (It's That Man Again) weekly show, with its many characters and catch-phrases.

The memories of those wireless days came flooding back. Who recalls the signature tune with the opening lines: "We three at Happydrome - working for the BBC...Ramsbottom and Enoch and me?"

I too remember the Paul Temple serials' and the stirring adventures of Dick Barton, Special Agent assisted by his trusty sidekicks Snowy and Jock.

Sedate Sunday nights with concerts by the Palm Court Orchestra conducted by Albert Sandler, later by Tom Jenkins and Max Jaffa, pictured.

Weekdays, other programmes I recall were Workers' Playtime from various factories, during the war years particularly, and the reassuring music played by Victor Silvester and his ballroom orchestra.

All were very much a part of a bygone way of life we shall never see again and without wishing to sound too sombre, memories are always important.

I recall my late mother saying many years ago: "In life, make as many memories as you can - because one day that's all you have left."

Keith Sivyer, Dalecroft Rise, Allerton