Readers hark back to the Ambridge soap’s previous outings around the country Taking The Archers on the road isn’t exactly new ( The Archers ‘live theatrical experience’ to tour UK, 26 December ). Ask any fan who attended their excellent roadshow in Battersea Park during the mid-1980s. Devised as a harvest festival event under canvas, a number of the Ambridge soap’s stars were involved, notably a singing Eddie Grundy, and Sid Perks, one-time landlord of the Bull, who hosted a quiz. It was especially memorable for me and my late wife because we won a fresh cabbage. Quentin Falk Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire • This is not the first time the cast of The Archers have gone on tour. In the 1980s, they were at a country theatre (possibly the Mill at Sonning in Berkshire), after which they transferred the show to Battersea Park in London. Also, in the 1950s, a professional production toured the UK, although not with the radio cast. I saw it at the Harrow Coliseum in about 1953. It was a little more explicit than the radio show, with the occasional swearword. The plot was about a holiday camp opening near Ambridge, about which the Dan Archer character protested by saying “bloody campers!” Michael Darvell Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Continue reading...