GOODNESS gracious me, what a surprise to read about the Spurriergate precinct.

After all the hard work and seemingly lots of land taken we get "fashion" shops, a game shop, a Phones 4 U and a bookies with 13 flats also (October 14). How exciting can we get?

Who on earth designs these precincts? With all the indoor shops in Leeds I had dreams of walking around on a dreary day under cover with perhaps a cup of tea here and a sit down there, somewhere nice for us senior citizens, but no luck!

Please can we get some designers in if we get any more land to play about with in the city centre. What a disappointment.

Mrs Betty Barker,

St Stephens Road,

Acomb,

York.

Updated: 10:13 Saturday, October 22, 2005