MUCH as I am averse to inflicting further trauma on that gentle, delicate soul Peter Crossley (November 2), I do think it fair to point out drawbacks in Blackpool which deserve to be addressed.

I am condemned by him for being among so many who feel he has presented a very one-sided view. No resident is in favour of knocking the town, as he puts it.

It's just that policies put forward by the Town Hall sometimes run contrary to the well-being of the resort and its people.

Mr Crossley is like the short-sighted gardener who sees only the flowers in an overgrown and weed infested garden and averts his eyes to what others see.

He tells us that he questioned families who were visiting, who gave him the answers he wanted. But did he question them in the town centre on a weekend evening? I think not. He's as much chance of finding families there as finding honesty in the register of members' interests in the town hall.

I don't think the cruel fiasco of the council rest homes came up in Mr Crossley's survey of holiday makers.

And the way those decisions were made, not only quite outside of local Government law, but the result of murky secret meetings in the shadowy world of those whom he admires.

Oh and how was the residents' fate made known to them? Through the newspapers of course.

What a way to treat anybody -- least of all the elderly and disabled! The shame of those actions will hang over Blackpool for years to come!

Since Peter Crossley penned his letter moreover, his Town Hall heroes have announced the sacking of a further 20 workers in Social Services.

Peter Roscoe,

South Shore.