HOW wonderful to read in the Evening Press that 10,000 pictures of historic York will be available to view on the Internet (July 2).

As a lover of old photos and old York, I look forward to this great opportunity.

But how scary that the cost of this project is more than £129,000.

That means for each picture to be placed on the net it has cost just over £12 each.

Surely there must be a far cheaper method than this for scanning photos and placing them on a web site.

I would love to do it myself for half that amount.

Eddie Vee,

Wenham Road,

Woodlands,

York.

Updated: 10:42 Friday, July 06, 2001