[Margaret Pilkington]

I know that my thoughts were, on seeing this, that it was about 20 years too late.
They talk about turning the Yorkshire Bank building into a restaurant….or office buildings…..there are suggestions that the Market hall be devoted to small independent traders….or to make space for cultural events….so that begs the question….whose culture?
The town Hall to be refurbished to make it a suitable venue for…..what exactly.
They could spend the whole seventy million and it make not one jot of difference because the area is deprived…..and has been so for a long time.
Who needs more eateries, coffee outlets when the people of the area cannot afford to go out to eat.
Well unless they are going to compete with ‘Spoons’.
The moving of the bus Station to union street killed the market….and the market hall.
The fact that M&S is no longer a presence also had an impact.
People will not come to a town that has so little to offer.
They will stay on the bus and go to other places that have more going for them.