Regional barometer

SIR – According to a friend, in the South you return your empty beer glasses to the bar and in the North you leave them on the table (Letters, November 16). So Lincolnshire is the true border: the former practice is prevalent in the south of the county, and the latter in the north.

Marek Kierstan

Wylam, Northumberland

SIR – I recently overheard a Shetlander referring to Aberdeen as being in the “decadent South”.

David Watson

Leominster, Herefordshire