Proper pickle

A FRIEND with arthritis had trouble opening her Branston pickle jar (Mail).

She asked a delivery driver for help. Unfortunately, he spoke little English and he drove off with the jar, thinking it was a tip.

ANNE SAVORY, Kedington, Suffolk.

MY SOLUTION to opening pesky containers is to use a concrete slab, bradawl, screwdriver and 8oz hammer.

If that fails, I get my husband to do it.

MRS J. E. Neale, Southampton.