IREAD with interest your article about Golden Jubilee celebrations and the cost of street parties (LET, March 12).

Wouldn't it be a fitting tribute to the Queen if all the expenses incurred were channelled into a charitable fund for the elderly? The fund could then he used to keep open the care homes.

The elderly would then have homes to live in and streets to live on.

J HADFIELD (Mrs), Gillibrand Street, Darwen.