I have to admit to a wry smile when I read about the man who expected a discount at the National Rail Museum because he had a York card (Trains fee shock, Letters, September 25).

We have a York postcode, a York telephone number, my wife works in York and we are supplied with water from York Waterworks.

In addition we do most of our shopping in York. Yet we are not eligible for a York Card and so we pay full rate for car parking and leisure services.

Am I the only person in York's hinterland who thinks that the City of York Council is taking us for a ride?

C J Delf,

Escrick Park Gardens,

Escrick,

York.

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