Sur la plage

SIR – My wife and I were in Paris last week and the most comfortable and welcome seating was at Paris Plages; yes, the traditional deckchair. Jon Cook

Sutton Coldfield

SIR – It is not because I have views on the subject that I was heartened by Gordon Smith’s letter (August 5) on deckchairs. It was just refreshing to see serried describing stripes, as it had seemed inseparable from ranks. Alfred Archer

Bearsted, Kent