CONSIDERING that some shops and superstores closed for a period of time yesterday to mark the Queen Mother's funeral, would it not have been nice if a similar gesture could have been made on Good Friday?

I think it is a sad state of affairs when commercial ends take preferences over such an occasion with shops open all day as normal and in some instances all night.

B F Kenyon,

Ganton Place,

Dringhouses.

Updated: 11:13 Wednesday, April 10, 2002