Like Mr Daniels I am also appalled by the recent destruction of the World Famous Crimpsall workshops and like him I am not surprised in the least that the council stood idlely by. For the past sixty years they have show no interest in saving anything that was uniquely Doncasterian and part of our history and heritage. This is not just unfortunate or short sighted it is little short of cultural genocide by baliff and bulldozer, the hard working people of the town have the right to have there acheivements recognised here. If saving Mallard, Flying Scotsman and Green Arrow was considered so important by the nation why was nothing done by the town to save at least a small part for us. With the building trade brought to a stand by the current enonmic climate it seems more than likely that instead of having Doncaster's answer to Liverpools Albert Dock we will be stuck with a contaminated swamp and no prospect of any development for years to come.

PS I also heard a rumour that the council were offered Mallard before Green Arrow in the 1960's and all they could think to do with it was expose it to the elements and scrap metal theives on Racecourse roundabout and we wonder why no takes the town seriously !