Cuthbert story is a damp squib

Since when has Cuthbert been in the Trumpton Police? Surely everyone knows dear Cuthbert is, and always has been, a fireman, except it seems the writer of the November 27 digest column (page 9).

I know it seems that the advertising and marketing men sometimes blur the edges of reality but even a cursory glance at the picture clearly shows a big, red fire engine and a long, limp hose with not a sign of a short, stiff truncheon to be seen. Or am I taking this too seriously?

Dr Christopher Flower

Crawley

Sussex