• THERE are public gardens all along the front of Euston Station. These were set out as part of the original design, little saplings that were planted all those years ago have now become huge majestic trees, they are a wonder to all that walk beneath their canopy.

High Speed Rail are now going to cut them all down, and bulldoze the gardens into the earth, destroying them forever. And what is the reason for HS2 turning this oasis of green into a muddy plot? So they can park their diggers and cranes there!

In the 1960s the Great Euston Arch was destroyed and thrown into the River Lee. We now call that an act of barbaric vandalism, yet here we are again on a path of brutal savagery, a crime comparable to the destruction of the Euston Arch all those years ago.

Where are all those voices that claim to protect our heritage? There is nothing but silence.

BRIAN BATTERSHILL
Hampstead Road, NW1