I AM a fit 80-year-old who is environmentally friendly and I took time to walk around Acomb shops to ask if they were collecting last year's Christmas cards.

Boots the Chemist have done so in previous years.

I was told on good authority that Tesco at Clifton Moor were collecting the cards.

That was no good to me because by the time I had travelled there and back I would be late for my tea!

Is anyone in Acomb collecting Christmas cards or do I have to throw them away?

Geoff Rhodes,

Updated: 10:45 Thursday, January 10, 2002