LETTER : Bike or camel?
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir, While agreeing with the sentiments of Peter Metcalfe (letter, 19 June) on the loss to the nation of Lawrence of Arabia's transcripts and possibly his motorcycle, I am not wholly in agreement with his suggestion on the form of a monument to Lawrence astride his Brough Superior 1000.
Lawrence will forever be remembered for his leadership of an Arab irregular army against the Turks. He rode a camel for most of the time, or otherwise in an army Rolls-Royce tender. It would be more fitting if the monument reflected those achievements. Why not Lawrence in Arab dress seated on his camel?
G R GREEN
West Wickham, Kent
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