IN RESPONSE to Mrs M Smith's letter about the Picture House site (Letters, June 9), it's true that Woolworth's was there at the same time as the cinema, but when it closed the store took the site over, and expanded to the size it is now.

Colin Shafto,

Sand Hole Lane,

Shipton-by-Beningbrough, York.

Updated: 12:22 Tuesday, June 12, 2001