HAVING seen efficient people with, what appear to be, purpose-built belts from which dangle the latest mobile phones and important-looking bunches of keys, I'm thinking of having one custom-made for Bill Hearld (October 26).

It may start him off gently on the road to technology. Now, which colour shall I choose - there's such an array!

I have a mobile (pastel-blue) for emergencies. It lurks somewhere in the dark depths of a haversack.

I remember all too well the 'nice red phone box'. It came in handy for getting a midwife to call.

Margaret Lawson,

Aldborough House,

The Groves, York.

Updated: 09:35 Friday, October 29, 2004