Plumbing the depths

IT’S all very well for Sarah Vine to advise youngsters to become plumbers, not lawyers (Mail).

My 21-year- old grandson did a plumbing course at college and passed all his exams with distinction. But he couldn’t find a job because all the firms he applied to only wanted experienced plumbers.

He is now working the night shift packing fruit and veg. What a waste of young talent.

ALAN HOBBS, Harlow, Essex. HOW old-fashioned to say it is only our boys who can aspire to be doctors, lawyers, accountants, plumbers, builders or electricians. What about our girls?

AUDREY WHITFIELD, Inverness.