• I WAS interested to read the story about the Working Men’s College library refurbishment, (New look for library thanks to bequest, February 1).

In the 1970s I was a fellow science technician at the WMC. I was the physics technician with Kate (Kathryn Brownlee) whose generous bequest part-funded the restoration. She looked after the biology laboratory above the physics lab. I knew her for several years before she left to read languages at a university. She was successful and gained a degree.

At some stage in her career she left WMC and taught languages. After she left the college I lost touch with her.

We had some slight disagreements occasionally, on her introduction to me of her support of environ­mentally friendly vegetarian foods and production (nothing too serious though). In fact she was instrumental in me looking towards vegetarians and vegetarianism.

NW GILBY, NW3