SO much is reported about the actions of young thugs but very little is written about teenagers who help other people.

Most of our young people are law abiding and we often tend to generalise and tar them all with the same brush.

On August 21 I tripped over a kerb which was higher than I expected and fell, banging my face on the coping around the garden in Leeman Road near the coach stop.

Immediately two young women and a young man were there to help me up, offer tissues to mop up the blood and were very concerned for me. I did not know them and was rather too shocked to ask their names. I am sure I thanked them there and then but, even so, I should like to say thank you to them through the letters pages.

Mrs M L Watson,

Garth's End, York.

Updated: 08:51 Saturday, September 03, 2005