ONE of the reasons I read Hear All Sides is sometimes a letter will bring back fond memories as did VJ Connor’s letter about potato crisps (Echo, Nov 17).

I can remember every Sunday lunch time my father would come in from the club with a couple of packets of XL Crisps my favourite at the time until I discovered Oxo flavoured crisps by Chipmunk.

These remain my all time favourite and if I was good I was allowed to wash them all down with a Mackeson’s shandy.

Oh happy days - what went wrong?

James Aylesbury, Bowburn.