A wave from Churchill

sir – Like Charles Moore (Comment, November 5), I remember Downing Street being an open thoroughfare.

In 1955 my uncle Arthur, a chef at the Athenaeum Club, found out when Churchill would be leaving No10 and took me. We stood outside with a few others and saw him leave the house with a wave and drive away. No need for excessive security in those days. Sheila Walton

Barnstaple, Devon