July 30, 1966: The Lawman’s worst day ever

£25 STAR LETTER

I was so pleased to see Denis Law at the unveiling of his statue in Aberdeen. He’s getting old like all of us but his love of life and sense of fun is as clear as a bell.

My favourite story was the time he was playing golf in Manchester rather than watch England in the World Cup final in 1966.

He had been beaten and, as he trudged up the last fairway, the clubhouse erupted with drinkers rushing out to shout “We’ve won, we’ve won.” The Lawman promptly threw his clubs in a bunker saying: “That’s all I bloody need”, although he didn’t say bloody, before heading for his car.

Jackie Shannings, Dundee

Great Scots

I’ve been watching Scotland for the best part of 50 years through thick and thin (mostly thin) but their win over Denmark was the best I’ve seen. They were absolutely terrific and it was great to see.

I always thought the 1974 World Cup team would never be bettered in terms of quality but this lot could be something really special. Let’s hope they don’t find a typically Scottish way to fall over our laces.

J Young, Hamilton

Box of delights

I hope Channel 4 find a Scottish family for Gogglebox but if I had to choose, I’d rather they were funny than Scottish. There’s nothing worse than a duff family but it must be hard for them too when all their bits are cut and they only get a line or two. The Scots they had a few

years ago were hardly ever seen. Simone Purves, by email

A pledge too far?

I’ve lost count of the number of Climate Dialogue, Under 2 (degrees), Climate Justice, Citizen,

Youth, Indigenous, Beyond Oil and Gas, coalitions, alliances, funds and assemblies Nicola Sturgeon has signed us up to in her furious virtue signalling and selfie-ing at Cop26.

If she had a car sticker for all of them she wouldn’t be able to see out the back window. Which is a pity because I suspect she’ll have to quietly back out of many of them. Allan Sutherland, Stonehaven

The size of space

Further to the letter querying the size of the Milky Way while discussing Brian Cox’s Universe programme.

During that BBC2 show, professor Cox said, “... an outerspiral arm of our galaxy, the Milky Way; our home island of 400 billion stars...” Many creditable estimates put the number at anything from 100-400 billion stars, the size being too big for us currently to accurately measure.

D Shiach, Dumbreck

Stamp of approval

For several years now, Sunday Post readers have been very kindly saving and sending me their used stamps in the run up to Christmas. As a collector, I continue to keep

one of any new stamps that I see, and the surplus go to our local hospice shop. Please send them to my new address: 25 Thornedge, Cumwhinton, Carlisle CA4 8ER.

Thank you so much and I will continue to refund postage to anyone who sends their address with the stamps.

Peter Bradley, Carlisle