LOVED your article about the changing face of Altrincham. The photography was an excellent pictoral demonstration of exactly what the residents of Altrincham have gained following 12 months or so of roadworks. Sweet FA.

Where is the seven screen cinema we were promised? I can see no other buildings commencing and more worringly, no land to put it on. Was this a subtle piece of PR by Trafford planners to sweeten us up for Tesco? All we have ended up with is another major supermarket chain slap bang next to the other one along with months of road works and headaches.

As for the ice rink.... your newspaper seems to have gullibly been taken for a ride by the Slater family who seem desperate to take the last sizeable car park for their own ego driven dreams. Is it just me or would by far the majority of Altrincham residents prefer a cinema to an ice rink?

Carl Duncker, Borough Road, Altrincham