I AM sure many people are sick of reading about Carl Fogarty whingeing about why he should be made a freeman of Blackburn.

As for him never having heard of Barbara Castle, I suggest he visits the local library and reads up on her life.

Having done so, maybe he will at last realise that to become a freeman you have to have given service to the town, as Barbara did for many years.

Constantly blowing your own trumpet, as he does, is not the right way to go about it.

DAVID ROGERS, Preston Old Road, Blackburn.