I NOTICED somebody has finally brought up the problem of today's youngsters being encouraged to drink (Letters May 21).

I was even more relieved to find that somebody had denounced the horrifically-named local group the Fashionable Winos.

I first encountered the band when my daughters of 16 and 20 were telling me about a band they had seen, who were "really great and gonna be famous."

I was initially warmed by my daughters' enthusiasm, until I, too, discovered the background of these most unfashionable Winos.

They have a website and it is abhorrent.

I am not an over-protective parent by nature, but I immediately spotted the danger of letting my daughters and their friends be subjected to such a group and stopped them.

I also hate to think that my daughters could bring home a boyfriend of this type.

L WHITTAONES (Mrs), New Lane, Oswaldtwistle.