Nuts and bolts

SIR – Mik Shaw (Letters, May 1) writes that the words clockwise and anticlockwise have no meaning for an increasing number of students, thanks to the rise of the digital timepiece.

When I was a student rowing at university, we always used the reminders “lefty loosy” and “righty tighty” when remembering which way to do up and unscrew nuts and bolts on our boats. Perhaps this might be an entertaining substitute. Lucy Archer-burton

London SW1