Chippenham is a great town for everyday shopping and I speak as someone who has lived here for nearly 35 years.

What I am also aware of is the tension between supporting the local shops and getting one’s shopping home.

If car parking is involved, there is the cost and time pressure; if on foot, there is a limit to what can be carried.

For many years, I have had a shopping trolley – my current one is bright red.

With no success, I have tried to encourage the town council to sponsor colourful shopping trollies, available to all at perhaps £10.

I know just how much I can carry home in mine and feel such a gesture would show a real sense of commitment to our local economy and traders on the part of our councillors.

I would be interested in other readers’ responses to this idea.

Mary Pennell, St Paul Street, Chippenham.