THE demise of leisure facilities at the Barbican Centre will be a sad loss.

I have been a member for six years and really enjoyed the close proximity to home.

There have been some excellent exercise-to-music classes and very good gym facilities.

It was a very cheap way of keeping fit and a huge loss to the community.

I will now have to drive to my new gym which rather defeats the object.

Angie Hampton,

Hawthorne Grove,

Heworth,

York.

Updated: 11:20 Thursday, November 04, 2004