Sir,

In his letter of March 14, Ivor Jenkins, of Cheshire, describes Tenby's old lifeboathouse as a shed. A shed! A shed! Merely a shed! How 'very' 'very' dare you! as Catherine Tate would say.

I shall try and educate you a little, if that is at all possible.

Our very own Jesus Christ was born in a shed, was he not? And so was Ghandi and the Dalai Lama. In fact, half of the human beings amongst the world's population were born in sheds, and not far from half are still living in them.

Dylan Thomas, one of the greatest poets of our lifetime, wrote his finest works in a shed, and indeed a clifftop shed. Carmarthenshire council at least had the sense and the brains to spend a fortune shoring up the cliffs to save this 'shed' and boathouse. Through their foresight, Laugharne is one of the most visited attractions in the whole of the British tourist calendar.

I would also like to draw your attention to the 'shed' in New Hedges, namely St. Anne's Church (pictured), which has been the centre of village life for generations, and had our 'noble' and 'just' church warden and villager councillor Mr. Howard Brace heard those words uttered, then I can assure you that he would have been on the next train to Chester to settle the argument.

Mr. Brace was not a man of letters, but he would have made himself very clear in a matter of no time. That little 'shed' was his life and he kept it immaculate throughout his life and should have been recognised for that.

Also I was one of the choirboys who, with other village boys, sang every morning and evening each Sunday and at all religious events through the year.

Richard Lawrence,

Brecon, formerly of New Hedges.