Sunderland University student s death was unnatural , inquest told
Declan John Gillgallon, 21, was found dead at The Forge u-student Village in Sunderland on February 22
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A man clearing ice from a frozen lake to make a space for the ducks and swans to swim, February 1963. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images
I too have rooted out an old issue of the Guardian (Letters, 17 January). The themes are familiar: stinging criticism of a government obsessed by one topic and which has achieved little else; in the US, troop deployments in an embattled Washington; a president threatening legal action; in Ireland, shortages of food; in northern England, factory closures. This is the Manchester Guardian for 3 August 1864.
Jon Bardsley
Manchester
• I’ve not checked out the local explorer bingo challenge myself (Letters, 19 January), but certainly will. I know that horse-mounting steps can be found at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
Toy fund volunteer already looking forward to next year
The highlight for volunteers always comes in late December, when parents come to pick up toys they will give to their children.
Therese Drapeau of Freeport just finished her second year volunteering with the Press Herald Toy Fund.
She’ll be back. And she is encouraging others to join the fun next year. “We can always welcome more volunteers,” Drapeau said.
It can be hard work, especially this year when social distancing meant smaller teams on each shift sorting, packing and handing out the toys.
But, said Drapeau, “It’s like a little family. … It’s actually a lot of fun.”