ISN'T it amazing when people move into a house near an airport pretty soon they are complaining about the noise from the planes?

When I lived in York my friends and I would go the fair every time it came to York, it was so exciting for children to go on the rides, play the machines, or try to win a goldfish. But now people who have bought or rented a house near to St George's Field are complaining about the noise that occurs three times a year from the fair (April 4).

Didn't they check with the council what was going to be around their house that might make them decide not to buy that particular house? What are they going to complain about next - the noise from the traffic going over Skeldergate Bridge?

Jackie Clayton,

Barnawartha,

Victoria,

Australia.

...CHALK and cheese is an often used expression to describe two 'things' that don't see eye to eye but on reading the Press I would say that Dr Davis and funfairs seems more apt!

Regular readers may recall that Dr Davis slated the funfair on Parliament Street last year (November 27) and not five months later he is at it again!

Come on Dr Davis, enough is enough, were you refused a job as a waltzer attendant in your youth or is it just because both fairs are run in conjunction with the city council for the benefit of York residents?

I presume you are still a resident of Cockermouth, or am I wrong in my assumption?

I sincerely hope that you and your friend take a long lingering look at the Evening Press comment because I couldn't have written it better myself, and as I started this letter with an expression, I will finish with one, just for you Dr Davis: What goes around, comes around!

P R Willey,

Burnholme Drive,

Heworth,

York.

...I FEEL I must write in defence of Miss Field, the lady who complained about the noise from the fair at St George's Field. I agree with her that it is unacceptably loud. And I am appalled that she could be pilloried by your newspaper for her views.

They are neither extreme nor hard to understand, and must be share by many. Would it not have sufficed to report them? Instead, your sarcastic editorial responds by suggesting "If you don't like it, move out".

When people live in close proximity, whether in the city centre or elsewhere, such a dismissive approach to the feelings of others is not a recipe for a happy society.

N Kingsley,

Fenwick Street, York.

Updated: 10:47 Monday, April 08, 2002