IRECENTLY crossed Church Street in Blackburn and thought how nice and well laid the new cobbles looked.

And then I saw it -- the dreaded chewing gum.

These cobbles cost £2.5 million. This time next year, they will properly be covered in the disgusting stuff.

It is time chewing gum was made illegal. The whole town is covered in it.

H HAMER, Lowther Place, Blackburn.