Letter: Angered by close encounter of the furred kind

I am writing to you to express the revulsion I recently felt when visiting the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock.

It's such a pretty town and I enjoyed my visit there apart from my disgust at the many women I saw there wearing real fur coats.

I live in a large British city and it's very rare to see such items on display. I had begun to believe that people in general had come to realise the cruelty connected to the fur trade in Britain and that the British had moved on from this barbaric, so-called fashion.

Not so in Much Wenlock. Is it a countryside thing? In the 21st century, is it really considered acceptable to skin small creatures in the name of fashion?

Penny McCold,

Chorlton, Manchester.