NATURALLY, we are very pleased that we shall be staying at Redshell Lane and that the Only Fools and Horses Sanctuary purchase is going through. (LET, February 4).

May I just say, though, that we shall still need as much help and support from your readers - if not more - for there is so much we need to do.

We have a big low interest loan to repay. We need to carry out very urgent stable improvements and have a lot of fencing and grassland preparation to do within the next two months.

So we would be most grateful for any donated gifts in kind - timber, breeze blocks, strong bolts, strong hinges, fencing posts, 6ft rails, rolls of sheep netting, fertiliser, buckets, headcollars etc.

Finally, may we publicly thank Mrs Sylvia Soltau and all her supporters for the magnificent sum of £28,300 raised for the Land Purchase Fund. A very wonderful effort indeed!

Also, our most grateful thanks go to everyone else who contributed and who helped to keep us going throughout the last difficult 12 months.

Thank you, too, to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for their publicity.

OLIVE LOMAS (Mrs), Co-ordinator, Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary, Redshell Lane, Oswaldtwistle.

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