Reasons to mind the Watford Gap

Traffic races past Watford Gap. ‘The service station’s culinary delights were succinctly summed up in Roy Harper’s 1977 tribute.’ Photograph: Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

Your article on the demolition of the Watford Gap service station (Watford Gap: M1 services that hosted Stones and Beatles faces demolition, 3 November) describes its cultural heritage and some of its famous customers. Its culinary delights, however, were succinctly summed up in the songwriter Roy Harper’s 1977 tribute, which contained the lyrics “Watford Gap, Watford Gap, plate of grease and a load of crap”.
Clive Sykes
London

• So Suella Braverman believes that victims of homelessness using tents are making a “lifestyle choice” (Report, 4 November). Some choice. All this at a time when the UK can ill afford anyone creating further division on the streets. Shameful.
Chris Hunton
London