I THANK the Evening Press for my cheque for winning the £25 prize crossword puzzle. It could not have arrived on a better day.

The day I received it, September 5, was my 75th birthday. You timed it extremely well.

Congratulations to the Press also on the first anniversary of your new format. I especially look forward to Bill Hearld's column. His latest (Under the thumb, September 6) was as entertaining as ever.

John Robson,

Dringthorpe Road,

York.

Updated: 11:01 Friday, September 09, 2005