LOLLIPOP BAN SILLY

Your story about the lollipop man told to stop giving children highfives (Mirror, Feb 9) struck a chord with me.

My husband was a lollipop man for 10 years and was once told off for throwing his metal stick aside to direct traffic and children during a storm.

Did the authorities expect him to wait and be struck by lightning? Where are their brains? Josephine Oriel Vitols Coventry

I have watched football for over 60 years, from the days when the players were tough and didn’t wear gloves in the cold or fall over at the least touch. This once great sport is becoming boring. Bobby Turpin, South East London