AS the mother of one of the Fashionable Winos band, I would like Mrs L Whittam-Jones (Letters, June 6) to enlighten me about my "dangerous" son.

Is there something she knows about him that I don't?

She berates a group of young people because she thinks she knows what they are about from the name of their band. I fail to see the connection between the word "wino" and any over-glamorisation of alcohol.

I have been told the name is in fact an oxymoron.

I am very proud of my son and the band are a great bunch of hard-working, fun-loving and creative lads.

FRANCES PEACOCK (Mrs), Warrenside Close, Blackburn.