I WAS delighted to read your article about male carers for children (The Press, June 18).

So many jobs previously done by men are now carried out perfectly by women that the opposite would make very good sense.

We have a lovely male friend who adores children and is probably adored by them. He has two children of his own and works for the local parent/teacher set-up in our village hall.

More and more fathers are playing what was previously considered a mother’s role and why not?

Men play as important a role as their female counterparts in looking after children nowadays and I think this is definitely a step in the right direction.

Heather Causnett, Escrick Park Gardens, Escrick, York

 

WE are pleased that First has announced that the Number 5 service will run from Huntington to York Station (The Press, June 15).

This is something that residents have long called for and we have raised the issue with First on a number of occasions, including during the most recent consultation.

We are pleased that action has now been taken and also that double-deckers will be able to operate on the route.

It is however disappointing that no provision is being made for a service from north Huntington, Earswick and Strensall to Monks Cross as we requested at the consultation.

Since John Lewis and Marks & Spencer opened at Monks Cross in April 2014, there has been a big increase in traffic on the ring-road and through Huntington.

This should mean that such a bus service would be viable and it would certainly help to ease local congestion.

We will continue to work with local residents to report back on the Number 5 service and campaign for better transport links to Monks Cross, particularly as the Community Stadium proposals move forward.

Cllr Chris Cullwick, Cllr Keith Orrell, Cllr Carol Runciman, Huntington and New Earswick Lib Dems

 

HEARING of Alan Potter’s sudden death – via William Dixon Smith – shook me (The Press, June 12).

For a year (1975-76) I occupied a place on the opposite side of a table where Alan was the Evening Press deputy chief sub-editor.

During that time I never heard Alan raise his voice or swear. Such a rarity in a newsroom; not, of course, among bird watchers. To this mind, Alan will always be in his early forties.

Ron Willis, Mt Lawley, Perth, Australia

 

REGARDING George Wilkinson enjoys tracks and trains in Grosmont (The Press, June 13), I have for the last 43 years been on holiday in the hamlet of the Esk Valley.

That is the new bridge site, not Grosmont, Grosmont being a mile down the track from Esk Valley hamlet, a beautiful part of the Esk Valley. The new bridge has a wonderful design, the wood taken from the trees nearby. Going over the bridge and under the viaduct, there is a steep climb to Green End and further onto Beck Hole, and the Birch Hall Inn, where a pork pie and homemade chutney whets your appetite.

Mrs J E Nicholson, Earswick, York

 

THE article (The Press, June 17) explaining how the Lib Dems and Tories will work together in a coalition running City of York Council shows a willingness for compromise and common sense.

The problem will come when the executive is split 4:4. A simple solution will be to have one of the two independent councillors as executive chairmen who will only vote when a casting vote is needed.

Geoff Robb, Hunters Close, Dunnington