I AM writing on behalf of the Blackburn branch of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society to express our deepest sympathy to Lancashire Evening Telegraph photographer Jack Barry's family and colleagues following his recent sudden death.

Jack was well loved and respected by us all. He frequently attended our dress rehearsals in his professional capacity; we knew him as a caring man and totally professional photographer who gave his time and his expertise unstintingly.

We will miss him, and we mourn his passing.

ANNE RIGBY (Press Secretary, Blackburn Gilbert and Sullivan Society), Prospect Avenue, Darwen.