REGARDING your article about the collection of rubbish in the Ribble Valley (LET, September 12), I am in total agreement with Bill Hudson.

I am also extremely concerned about all those people who are unfit to carry their rubbish to the kerbside.

I am a pastoral visitor and am acutely aware of the number of elderly people in Whalley who must have been forced to seek help from relatives or friends to carry out this task.

What happens if there is no one available? Some people are housebound, too frail, or may live in a dwelling with a steep drive.

I am in the fortunate position of having a husband to perform this task, otherwise, I too would be in a fix. I couldn't lift a heavy dustbin bag. How will these elderly people cope in the winter?

Wheelie bins would be of help. We pay very high council taxes, surely it would be possible to provide Ribble Valley residents with them.

My husband and I have been saving refuse in separate bags for a long time -- garden waste, glass bottles, cardboard and plastic bottles - which we take to the skips at our own expense to be recycled.

So if we are obliged to take our rubbish to the kerbside on the day of collection, I don't think a wheelie bin is much to ask for.

A MITCHELL (Mrs), Whalley.