Our streets are full of oversized cars | Brief letters

Re “carspreading” (Opinion, 12 July), my wife and I live in a neighbourhood of houses built just before the second world war, and have watched in horror as models of our favoured cars have increased in size. Having chosen to keep our Mini Cooper and VW Polo – both of 2016 vintage – I believe we are the only people in the locality who store both cars in the garage overnight.John PyeSouthampton A “period between reigns” (Quick crossword, 13 July) is an interregnum, not a regency as your solution has it. A regency occurs when a monarch is deemed incapable of carrying out his/her duties and they are taken over by a regent.Peter WrigleyBirstall, West Yorkshire Your article (Fossil fuels, utilities and housing: what we know about Andy Burnham’s plan, 19 July) contains a fundamental error. You state that Thames Water “serves 16 million customers”. It doesn’t. It only serves its directors and shareholders.Patrick CunninghamKingston upon Thames, London I wonder what “Manchesterism” will have to offer rural Lincolnshire? Lucy GrantSibsey, Lincolnshire George Redman offers sage advice to Dr Roger Merry on communicating with his descendants (Letters, 15 July). Are we entering gransplaining territory?Fiona CollinsCarrog, Sir Ddinbych In Yorkshire we used to say “I’m nithered” when we were cold (Letters, 14 July).Jan CooperLymm, Cheshire