I was interested to read "Speak up" (Letters, September 12), in which Michael Parker quoted past ventriloquists.
But we still have Dickie Mint. One only has to attend a Ken Dodd show or buy one of his videos, for Ken, apart from being a very fine comedian, is also a fine ventriloquist - since the age of eight.
He really does make his wooden friend talk and usually begins by saying: "So, you've walked a long way to be here tonight, Dickie?"
-John Ovenden, Brighton
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