IN response to the letter published in the Messenger on June 12 about the poor state of Brooklands Cemetery, I too was shocked at the long grass in the older part of the grounds.

I have been visiting my father’s grave for the past 30 years and have never seen it looking so bad.

I appreciate there are council cutbacks at the moment, but the grass around the more recent graves was well kept.

Why not across the whole of the cemetery?

Michael Bell

Ashley Road, Hale