Morrisons is expected to report an increase in annual sales and profits. A fair donation to this must come from Totnes.

So surely they can employ someone to keep their house in order and clear up rubbish to show a bit of pride in the town.

The garage has car parts thrown into the hedge, along with tin cans. Where hedges have been cut down, slate shale spills out onto the footpath, making walking hazardous for pedestrians.

The entrance to the supermarket via the town becomes a waste ground for throwaway rubbish. Totnes has become scruffy in a way that was never seen 20 years ago.

Harry Sowden

Sparrow Road, Totnes