In sickness and health

SIR – I fell in love with my nurse in 1967. She was dressed like Valerie Van Ost, and – like Sid James in your picture (Letters, April 23), I suppose – I was constantly making suggestive but innocent comments and flirting.

We thought the uniform very appealing, unlike these ghastly trouser suits the nurses wear today. She was Dutch and was only allowed a short-term work permit. I followed her to Holland and we married. Like Valerie Van Ost, she still looks great after five children. The SNP has now written to her saying she won’t be deported after Brexit. Michael Willis

Stirling