In response to Katherine Power's article about a new kind of walking stick (The Argus Woman, March 17), I would like to point out we have been selling walking sticks for the past 125 years - all shapes, sizes and colours, folding or straight.

The new spring colours are delightful and we fit ferrules (rubber ends), when the old ones wear out, and wrist bands. We also know how to, and do, cut sticks to the correct length for the perfect fit.

-E Burkitt Ltd, Hove