SIR - Regarding the article Birth of a new city' (T&A, November16), so, another conception and the people of Bradford are expectant again.

Maybe it will lead to a birth, maybe not. I have an awful feeling it will all end up in yet another termination.

Our forefathers gave us many beautiful babies - the Swan Arcade, old Kirkgate Market, the Alexandra - all gone and now the Odeon is dying of neglect. We are very poor parents.

As for the Interchange, at the moment it only serves to transport Bradford's shoppers to Huddersfield, Halifax, Harrogate, any town that still cherishes its first born.

Beryl Robinson, West End, Queensbury