I WAS intrigued by your report on Brown's department store in which you state that its founder, Rhodes Brown, was "born an orphan" (August 24).
Are you sure that is actually possible? I believe at least one parent has to be alive at the time of anyone's birth!
Michael Blakemore,
De Grey Terrace,
Avenue Road,
York.
Updated: 10:54 Tuesday, August 30, 2005
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