Historic street should be protected from undignified commercialisation
Derek Reed was spot on in his letter to The Press about the undignified commercialisation of Shambles.
If you're not a Harry Potter fan - and I've nothing against boy wizards - it's such a shame that a real street with a real, fascinating history has not been more protected.
What will fill the beautiful shops when the Harry hype dies down? I hope for proper shops; I wouldn't bet my wizardly hat on it, though.
Joanna Scott
Appleton Roebuck
York
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Central York is like a Disneyland
I concur with Derek Reed's take on how central York is becoming like a Disney land with tourists flocking to visit the " York Disney theme experience".
On Saturday, the city was filled with people dressed in Viking and Saxon theme clothes. Very impressive but in another way disappointing - I didn't see one single Viking with the traditional " horned helmet". You would have thought they'd make some sort of effort for the visitors
D M Deamer
Penleys Grove Street
Monkgate
York
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What an absolute mess
I've noticed that between Moorland Road and Imphal Barracks a caterpillar tracked vehicle has been used on the pavement and grass verge next to the boundary wall.
Whoever it was has dug up the grass verge with the caterpillar tracks and it is an absolute mess. I'm hoping that someone from the council will be down to repair the grass verge. Poste haste.
M Horsman
Moorland Road
York
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Are we creating a crisis out of a man of no significance?
A disgrace to both family and country, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor certainly is, but are we not creating a crisis out of one bad apple who is of no significance to anyone?
Since Adam and Eve families worldwide have had to endure the shame of a particular member.
The same is now happening inside the Royal Family, but on this occasion the King is right - "let the rule of law take its natural course".
AMW has been cast to the wilderness, it does not mean the rest of the family has to follow. The last thing we want to see is a President Blair or Raynor standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace waving to a bunch of left-wing Republicans.
Peter Rickaby
Moat Way
Brayton
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