29 AUGUST 1952, Page 16

At the Coast SIR,—In Professor Brogan's interesting and amusing article

in your last issue there is one mistake which should be corrected. " But Gourock on the north shore.... " It is however on the south shore: this may be a typographical error. To describe Helensburgh as a " Glasgow suburb " seems to me fantastic. It is situated about 25 miles down the Clyde from Glasgow with Dumbarton in between, and a village or two with open agricultural country before Helensburgh is reached.

I have known Helensburgh since 1880 when I was at school there, and have always admired it.—Yours faithfully,