THE wisdom of the Victorian engineers never cease to amaze me.

Long have I admired the legacy the Victorians left us.

When they built the Manchester Ship Canal they had the foresight to design the swing bridges to cope with the 21st century nightmare traffic chaos we have inherited.

Bridges that were meant to carry horse and carts now carry 45-ton HGVs with no effort at all.

Just a pity the present owners of our industrial heritage do not take a similar view and admire them for the wonderful monuments they are.

The same goes for the sewage system the Victorians designed and built.

How did those engineers when they built our sewage system when Stockton Heath was just a tiny hamlet on the outskirts of Warrington with just a few shops and a couple of dozen houses for one minute envisage that one day multi-national eating establishments would descend?

Just as well they did a good job as up until now our sewers are not suffering from the same fate of the London sewage system where hundreds of tons of congealed fat continues to building up.

We now at long last have been granted a Greek restaurant. We are indebted to the Warrington licensing department for being so considerate. I’m sure the Chinese, Indian, French, Japanese, Thai, American, Italian, noodle bar, chip shops coffee bars, and our tea rooms will welcome them with open arms.

PATRICK MULLEE Stockton He