WHILE watching the superb RAF flypast on television recently I was rather surprised to hear a television commentator say that veteran Raymond Cooledge was just a few day away from becoming a centurion.

Now I know they were brave, tough men, and I congratulate Mr Cooledge. But personally, I didn’t think he looked fit enough to command a Roman legion.

Mrs P Witlea,

De Grey Place,

Bishopthorpe, York