Wouldn’t it be a nice idea if one of our local rich celebrities (or even a few of them) purchased the water meadows to stop it being built on, as Beatrice Potter did in the Lake District? Just a thought!

Or maybe someone could organise some kind of crowdfunding?

I used to live in Coombe Road, and every time I went past the meadows I thought how lucky I was to live in such a lovely city.

Please don’t let us lose them.

DIANA VENNER Salisbury