A classic case of pictures perfect

WHAT a picture. The new Bradford City Park (Yorkshire Post, January 12), but what would it be like without the magnificent background of the Alhambra and the Odeon?

Do the people of Bradford really want to see the demolition of more of their heritage to be replaced with some nondescript glass box?

Come on you locals, more protests at the loss of this great building before it is too late!

Return route

From: Thelma Howden, Park Lane, Middleham, Leyburn.

INTERESTING to read the Ian McMillan article on hoarding (Yorkshire Post, January 10). I decided at New Year, yes, I must sort out all those anniversary cards or other day cards and special birthdays, so here we go (to put in a plastic bag).

Cards, theatre programmes, spare invitation cards to our own wedding in 1948 and, yes, a letter from my husband’s employers congratulating him on getting married and enclosing a cheque for 50 shillings (£2.50), sent with good wishes from the staff.

So what did I do? Like Ian, I just put them all back. Someone will sort them out.

Go with the Flo

From: Eric Cropper, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon.

IN your recent letters page (Yorkshire Post, January 11), CJ Ball asks for the meaning of the word “nightingales” in regard to clothing. My Collins New English Dictionary says “...a bed-jacket for invalids, fastened by tapes, and easily adjusted [Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), pioneer of war nursing]”.

Fat cats defence

From: David Armstrong, Sandholme Crescent, Hipperholme.

ANY of us can (and often do) get paid less than we’re worth (Yorkshire Post, January 9).

Getting paid much more than you’re worth is surely an indication of talent, in which case fat cats must be the right people for the top jobs.