There’s more to Knowle West than breeding hard men | Letters

John Byrne says the Bristol council estate was one of the safest, most respectful places he has encountered in 70 yearsYour report (Genge at home with England as Bristol face-off declared ‘a draw’, Sport, 7 November) suggests that promising prop Ellis Genge’s upbringing in a Bristol council estate, Knowle West, may have toughened him more than a middle-class childhood could have. I know it is meant to be a compliment, but there is much more to celebrate about Knowle West than just breeding hard men. I was brought up in neighbouring Bedminster. My father and brother taught, and I called Bingo (…