It's long overdue that the war memorial is restored as its present state is shocking. But it shows a lack of imagination that it is to be sited outside Brentford Library. The state of the library, inside and out, should make the council ashamed. As for its pitiful stock of (gravy-stained, ancient) books, words fail me. Andrew Carnegie must be turning in his grave. Pray, why are we paying rates? And what about the ugly block of patched up concrete that records the crossing of the Thames by Caesar's legions? This does not do justice to a landmark moment in London's history. Civic pride?
Stuart Parrott ● 6351d