Comments on: Daily Telegraph Letters & Ely Cathedral’s Meadows

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:36:48 +0000

I’d suggest emailing your local councillor here.

This proposal is quite absurd, I lived in the London Borough of Hackeny for ten years and I thought they were barmy, this really beats anything I saw or heard in that time!

By: Mary McGuire

Mary McGuire — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:36:34 +0000

Let’s face it, turning the Cathedral Orchard into a car park is a pretty barking idea. For a start, is it really going to make any difference, bit of a drop in the ocean as far as spaces are concerned isn’t it?

Secondly, at the risk of sounding controversial, I’d suggest that instead of spending money making a new car park and leasing the land from the Cathedral, why not use those funds to manage and more to the point police the carparks we already have. If half the people who park all over the pavement on the High Street got tickets we would have a lot more revenue to put in to something sensible like a shuttlebus to the station or a park and ride.

By: Annette Dale

Annette Dale — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:42:45 +0000

When I read about the proposed car park on the meadows I could not believe it. Surely not, no one in their right mind could even contemplate such a thing. Walking up past the meadows with my dog, come rain or shine, through Cherry Hill, seeing the lambs, horses and foals with the cathedral in the background is one of the most beautiful sights, sounds and relaxing places there is to walk through. It gives me so much pleasure as I am sure it does for others. I could not bear the thought of a bulldozer anywhere near!
I say no way!!