MR B Greenhalgh writes (Letters, August 8) that Blackburn has been his home town for 68 years and he finds the whole of it dirty, including the town centre.

I wonder if super Councillor Ashley Whalley agrees.

If not, could I ask him to stand on Preston New Road, opposite Alma Street and look towards Sudell Cross?

The view down the right-hand side of Preston New Road is appalling.

It's not much of an advert to come shopping or strolling along the tree-lined boulevard of Church Street is it?

Nor is it conducive to council leader Malcolm Doherty's dream of city status -- unless, of course, it will be slum city!

R HOLT, Revidge Road, Blackburn.