YESTERDAY my husband decided to walk the city walls. We started at Exhibition Square and the rubbish up the stairs and on the walls in unacceptable.

There were weeds everywhere. It wouldn’t take two men to clean it up in a day. I was tempted myself.

What our visitors must think when visiting an historic city such as York to find it so unkempt is anybody’s guess.

Joyce Gudgeon, Little Ouseburn, York.