I REFER to the letter Just not Right in last week's edition of the Wiltshire Times & Chippenham News.

While Mr Brakespear is entitled to his opinions, they do not conform to those of many other Corsham people who feel that the Corsham Town FC buildings are unobtrusive and blend in well with the surrounding area.

Everyone agrees that they are far superior to the ramshackle huts they replaced.

Lighting is a fact of modern living and even on country roads groups of lights can frequently be seen. Those associated with the football club are only in use for part of the time and to compare them with a motorway intersection is, to say the least, an extreme exaggeration.

All development of the ground has been carried out with the required planning approvals and the approval of the Methuen Estate. Both the late Lord Methuen and his successor Mr James Methuen Campbell have been diligent in ensuring that the club's development plans have taken into consideration the effects of the local environment. Indeed with the help of the estate and the Wiltshire Wild Life Trust and at considerable cost to the club, an indigenous hedge was recently planted between the football and rugby clubs.

To allay Mr Brakespear's fears even more, it should be noted that modern floodlights do not have giant stanchions and usually blend in well with the surroundings. Due to wear on the playing surface it is unlikely that the lights would be used more than two or three times each week totalling five to six hours.

The suggestion of a move to a site more acceptable to Mr Brakespear is simply not viable.

Southbank has been a football ground for over 50 years and objections to its location should have been made many years ago and before all the time and effort was put in to make it such an asset to the town.

DOUGLAS PERRY,

Immediate past president,

Corsham Football Club.