Dear Messenger
Please can someone explain to me the benefits for the people of Burngreave, Ellesmere, Pitsmoor and Carwood, to the siteing of the new supermarket on the Hartwell area (December issue).
This was supposed to be a local project for Burngreave and the surrounding area, which it is definitely not. People will still have to use buses to shop there, so they will carry on into town and stop there. As for elderly and local people, the prospect of carrying shopping or trying to board a bus doesn't bear thinking about.
I attended meetings and voiced my opinion that a medium-sized market, like Morrisons had at Darnall, would be ideal for the area. Yet again local opinions are bypassed and we have to accept the most inadequate, and least liked option.
Yours sincerely, W Nicholds