SIR - Once again your relentlessly optimistic letter writer David Rhodes (T&A, September 6) waves the Paradise Bradford' flag.

Is he getting paid for this? He can always be guaranteed to put a positive spin on any situation or event that happens in Bradford.

Can I appeal to your readers to send him any spare rose-coloured glasses? He must be wearing them out at a furious rate.

M Long, Greenside Lane, Bradford