IT was such a shame that this year's Netley Marsh steam and craft show had to be abandoned because of the weather.

As the Daily Echo reported, the show has been losing money for the last three years. This is almost certainly because the organisers felt it was time to drop the good old evening entertainment.

Everyone had come to expect a glut of nostalgia on the Friday and Saturday nights with legends past their sell by date but still packing in the crowds. The show stopped this entertainment some five years ago and it is more than coincidental that the show has been in decline ever since.

Hopefully the show will go on but bring back the bands; it was always a big audience attraction and crowd pleaser!

ERIC WALLIS, North Baddesley.