Janice Brown, of Lake Street, Dartmouth, writes:

I am writing with regards to the article with the heading ‘Ex-Tory club secretary in row after her bid to rejoin blocked’, Chronicle, July 17.

There is a statement saying I thought I was refused rejoining Dartmouth Conservative Club because I am now registered as being disabled. This is not the case. Any person who can ­manage to navigate the stairs without any assistance is ­welcomed at any time. But unfortunately this is not ­possible in my case.

Therefore it seems as if the rules for disabled access do not seem to apply.

Why is this so?

As I said to the committee in a recent communication, if the club is not in a position to afford a stairlift after having the outside of the building painted, a stairlift can be rented. I believe most of the set-up behind the bar is rented from the brewery, so why can they not do the same with regards to a lift?

Also, I would think that the installation of a grabbing rail does not make an acceptable disabled toilet.

I finish by asking the ­committee to put the decision to have a stairlift installed to all the present members. This could be arranged very cheaply with a ballot box in the foyer with small pieces of paper with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to be crossed out and a request for a name ­followed by a signature. Simple!

If there is no one willing to sit in the foyer on a night when there would be quite a few members present, such as a disco night, I would, as it is in my interest to find out ­members’ points of view.

Please consider this ­suggestion.

Also, the letter to Mr Cameron has not been sent yet, as the statement implies.