MR PING, Hengist and Horsa, mentioned in recent comments and letters in the Evening Press, sound terrifying to a 60-plus grandma - never mind small boys.

It is with fascinated horror that I wonder about the identity of the Night Watchman (Letters, September 19).

Margaret Lawson,

Aldborough House,

The Groves, York.

Updated: 10:32 Tuesday, September 24, 2002