THOSE campaigning to keep the Minster library up and running owe a debt of gratitude to the Evening Press for the publicity given to their cause.

The Dean and Chapter seemingly cannot be convinced by anything less than the pressure of public opinion where their duty lies.

Even an archbishop can be thwarted by the Dean and Chapter.

The statement put out on June 23 contains no apology to staff summarily dismissed for the faults of others, nor is anything mentioned to restore confidence in the integrity of the Dean and Chapter.

On the contrary, the recent farce could be re-played any time, at their whim.

Consequently, despite the reversal of the decision to close the Minster Library, I see no reason to withdraw my suggestion, made in this newspaper on June 3, that resignations are necessary.

Rita Wood,

St Andrewgate, York.

...THE Archbishop of York's statement about the Minster's problems said he refuted any suggestion of financial mismanagement or misappropriation of funds.

This strongly emphasises the need for an external, independent inquiry into the Minster's finances.

Professor P M Stell,

The Village,

Haxby, York.

...AT last the men at York Minster have seen sense with an entry charge - a change I welcome most heartily.

There's only one problem, it is 20 years late.

In the early 1980s York became a free-look city. A free look at the Minster, a free look at the city walls, and the National Railway Museum.

Now there is a charge at the Minster York, hopefully, will now start to attract a better calibre of paying visitors than the third and fourth-rate day trippers it lured in the 1980s-90s.

KS Chapman,

South Drive, Harrogate.

Updated: 10:48 Saturday, June 28, 2003