I always enjoy John Crace’s sketches. In fact, I usually turn to them first. I’ve noticed that he seems to be smuggling in Bruce Springsteen quotes and song titles. I think this is splendid, so I was really impressed that on Friday, he managed at least three. Namely, Glory Days, Reason to Believe and [The] Promised Land. Well done, John.
Steve Townsley
Wick, Vale of Glamorgan

Re your bus banter letters (18 June), my bus conductor Uncle Fred, in 1950s Brighton, was parked at the station having his lunch when a “bloke in a bowler hat” gets on and asks “Eaton Place, conductor?” To which he replied: “No mate, just cheese sandwiches.” He got an official reprimand and, I believe, a cut in his wages.
Jennifer Jeater
Hassocks, West Sussex

My late mother told me that when she was travelling by tram along London’s Old Kent Road in the 1920s, the driver, after announcing the next stop, Rising Sun, would often add “and the falling daughter”.
Kate Doubleday
Tickhill, Doncaster

Anyone who has grown runner beans (at least in the northern hemisphere) knows that they will only climb their support in an anticlockwise direction (Letters, 17 June). Any attempt to make them go the other way is met with failure.
Pat Stevenson
Holywell, Tyne and Wear

Roflmao (Cryptic crossword, 19 June)? What sort of a word is that? If you are going to start using made-up words, perhaps you could add a trigger warning.
Jerry Emery
Lewes, East Sussex