WALKING round York this Easter it occurs to me that the owners of our stores and shops know little of the Christian faith and not much more about business opportunities.

For, by and large, they open on Good Friday, a day of sorrow and anguish when they should be closed, and close on Easter Sunday, a day of hope and joy, when they should be open.

Surely, business-wise, far more people are about on the Sunday, rather than the Friday?

B J Mason,

Neville Terrace, York.

Updated: 10:57 Tuesday, April 02, 2002