REGARDING your article (How Ronnie Swapped Comedy For Antiques, Oxford Mail, July 8) – the Two Ronnies really were the kings of comedy – Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett lit up our screens for decades with their rib-tickling brand of humour all the family could enjoy.

Ronnie Barker’s clever use of innuendo had viewers glued to the screen and their various guises had us laughing through nearly 100 TV shows, which mixed classic music hall and vaudeville set pieces, with hilarious results.

The popular Four Candles sketch is a fine example of their work (the Four Candles name is immortalised by a public house named after it in Oxford).

More comical characters such as the inept detectives, Charley Farley and Piggy Malone, had us in stitches each week with their bumbling antics; the Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town and the classic Status Quo pastiche with the duo as Status Who with Ronnie B putting a clever twist on the lyrics of one of their hits. The list of characters and sketches would stretch as long as your arm.

Yes, Ronnie was a comedy genius. Today’s comedy has its moments but it can’t hold a candle to Ronnie Barker –– a true one-of-a-kind comedy genius.

However, his decision to retire and run an antiques shop was a wise move, given his health concerns, and he had achieved all he wanted to in his career.

It has to be said though, that although his brand of humour may be classed as traditional and old- fashioned, the Two Ronnies, along with others of their ilk (the late great Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise, and Ronnie Barker’s pal David Jason) will never go out of style and will continue to entertain audiences both young and old.

DAVID TINSON Moorland Road Witney