The nomination by the teachers at St Wilfred's Primary School, Haywards Heath, of their salaried lollipop lady-cum-teaching assistant, Jill Harwood, for a UK National Honour when she had professed herself an anti-royalist (The Argus, July 20), seems quite incredible.
When she was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to a garden party, it is almost beyond belief she had the audacity to accept it, thus depriving a more deserving person of the honour.
I recently assisted with a similar nomination for a Second World War veteran who has, since being demobbed in 1946, devoted much of his time to voluntary unpaid work within his village community and, for the past 20 years, kept together a group of veterans with the circulation of a newsletter, now in its 186th edition.
We submitted this nomination last year and it has resulted in our nominee receiving an invitation from the Queen to a garden party this year. This may well be a consolation prize, in place of an award.
Nevertheless, it was deemed an honour and a privilege - he was very proud to accept and attend the function.
These are two very different views on the land we live in.
-Ken Chambers, Brighton
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