Well done to the council for putting up wooden stakes by Our Lady's School at Cowley, Oxford, to prevent mothers picking up their children.

Wouldn't it have been better to have put them up in nearby Garsington Road so that mothers can walk with their young children on the pavement, instead of being drawn on to the road by persistent pavement car parking?

Wake up, council, and get your priorities right.

Sheila White

Sandy Lane

Blackbird Leys

Oxford