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Prof Rob Ford seems to have a very dim view of the ability of individuals to remember anything before they were adult if he really thinks that you need to be aged over 60 to have any meaningful memory" of 1978 (Carrots, sticks and Thatcher replays: what is Sunak's strikes strategy?, 6 January). I am over 60, but I vividly remember Churchill's state funeral (when I was not yet six), the moon landing (aged 10), Harold Wilson as the first Labour prime minister in my lifetime (11), Ted Heath and the three-day week, and so on.
Pat Stevenson
Holywell, Northumberland

Re your report (Public sector strikes row escalates as unions plan coordinated day of action', 10 January), could we turn this anti-strike legislation on its head and hold the government responsible for the unsafe levels of provision of essential services on normal", non-strike days?
Jane Davidson
Edinburgh