10 AUGUST 1996, Page 22

Dog days

Sir: But Benjamin Britten did have a dog(s) (Letters, 3 August). Years back on holiday at Aldeburgh we were sheltering from the wind beside a breakwater and he came run- ning along and took a flying leap over us. Looking back laughing when he spotted us, he called his two little dachshunds.

Perhaps David Hockney could design a suitable memorial.

M.L. Hillier

30 Clarence Road, Meadvale, Redhill, Surrey