Move forward they say, by all means do so, but this all has to be done with care and proper planning.

Everyone must stop and think: Do our children really want to be shop assistants or do they want to travel out of town to pursue their careers? We need something to attract people to the town and to encourage tourism: a community hall, museum, cinema are fine and could be an opening for the hospitality sector, creating a selection of jobs along with tourism.

A warning, Driffield's important history is disappearing including Holtbys Brewery (New Rink Club), Fawcetts House and land which went long ago.

Think of Eastgate South. If a superstore was given the go-ahead all the quaint houses and the narrow road would eventually disappear. Residents might be eventually bought out of their own homes and the houses demolished.

And to the councillors and those who wrote from Eastgate North to the Driffield Times in favour of the superstore, would you still say the same if the large HGVs were driving directly past your front door. Heritage, along with tourism, is the only way forward.

A Driffield resident writes
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