IT WAS nice of the Princess Royal to visit Malton to open the new Racing Welfare abode (The Press, February 18).
The building may be ideal for the office staff of Racing Welfare, but it is the worst imaginable situation for the lads and lasses to live there.
Firstly there isn’t one racing yard in Malton; they are all in the nearby town of Norton. How many people these days have tried to negotiate riding a bicycle from Norton to Malton; Castlegate and Railway Street are nightmare rides for cyclists.
Stable staff living at the old premises of solicitors Pearsons and Ward in Old Maltongate will be expected to try the horrendous experience of trying to get to and from work four times daily.
I strongly forecast (but hope I’m wrong) that the new premises of Racing Welfare will become offices for Racing Welfare staff, but a white elephant for stable lads and lasses. Who would wish to live there? Certainly not me.
Ken Holmes, (Former stable lad and apprentice jockey for many years in Norton), Cliffe Common, Selby, York.
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