“APPALLING”, “disgusting” and “40 pence for this” were only a few of the utterances I overheard while paying a visit to the toilets on Silver Street.

Where have the attendants gone? All the toilets, save one, were blocked and the stench was beyond words.

Some of the ladies using the ‘convenience’ were tourists. York needs to dramatically improve the public toilets. I can only imagine what the new unisex toilets will be like – one thing is for sure – only the very brave and desperate will enter.

Do public toilets come under the “Welcome to Yorkshire” banner? I think not.

I passed the Lord Mayor’s car, parked outside the toilets – one of those ironic moments.

Catherine Pickard, Middlethorpe Drive, Dringhouses, York.