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FURORE as library under threat - to save just £10,000 (Express, November 22). Mike Deery: Things close when people don’t use them. Graham Brinkhurst: I’d be very surprised if usage has even been a consideration. Sharon Pollard: Things close when the Tories are in charge, there will be nothing for anyone eventually. Jon Thompson: When they start making cuts in such affluent areas, it’s surely game over. Drofsereb Mike: It’s ok, the Tory bus services can get the villagers to town to use a perfectly fine library.

SEVENTY caught driving in pedestrian zone (Express, November 22). Steve Mayers: I remember the time when you could drive down Chestergate and Mill Street, there were footpaths for people and the road for cars, we all knew our place and it worked perfectly. Guess what? There were NO empty shops plus there were no parking charges on the car parks. TAKE NOTE MACC COUNCIL!! I have just given you the answer to our dying town centre and I haven’t even charged you for the advice! So you won’t need to pay thousands for a feasibility study. Brian Etchells: Why don’t the barriers work any more? Surely, if the barriers were down, people wouldn’t drive through the area when they are not allowed. Dan Mayers: It’s such a shame we live in a time with so many able-bodied people feeling like they shouldn’t ever need to use their own legs to move anywhere. People thinking that we need to be able to drive right up to shop windows in order to know what they’re selling. I had no idea times were so tough! Drofsereb Mike: The barriers are closed during school hours. Take your children in town after school and it’s like the M6. I think we’ve all had an altercation with a dangerous driver in town after school. A shame it’s taken this long for somebody to click on that it’s not right! Zoe Riley: I work in Card Factory and we have people pulling up to the front door and running in for a card. I can understand if it’s a balloon order. But I think they can manage to carry a card. Jessica Simcock: Should be no cars full stop! I’m sick of having to coach my two year old of the way of cars for somewhere that should be car free. Lynda Speakman: You should just walk down Mill Street the amount of cars that come up the wrong way is amazing despite the no entry sign written on the ground. Its just a matter of time before someone is killed as people don’t look both ways there as it’s supposed to be a one way street. Neil Gunn: It would be good to have improved and clearly worded signage at the entry points so there is no doubt that it is not for private cars and only for deliveries between certain hours. A few fines issued would soon get the message out there. Sadly, at present it is a handy cut-through when traffic is heavy on the main roads. Mark Beresford: Because access is available for residential properties, the church and deliveries and picking up bulky items (by car) It means it’s not a true pedestrian area and difficult to enforce. A driver only has to say he’s visiting someone or picking up a bulky item....and who defines bulky?? Jon Thompson: There’s a great big sign saying “PEDESTRIAN ZONE” and giving the permitted times right next to the barrier outside the town hall. It’s literally right there. Pete Watson: Perhaps they should get the jobsworth wardens out and close the barriers having them stood there to only allow the right people through.

THREE car smash on Bonis Hall Lane (Express, November 22) Andy Clayton: I used to go down that road for years, on the daily commute. The road itself is very driveable and can be easily driven at the 60mph mark. Over the years it has become a very, very busy rat run used by everyone it would seem. Totally beyond its design parameters. The problem arises whenever someone decides to sit at 30mph (believe me, I’ve seen plenty do it), then more capable drivers become frustrated and that is when accidents occur. Cyclists also take their lives in their hands, so many sharp bends and a narrow carriageway means drivers suddenly having to brake sharply. The dark nights just compound the problems and there really are few places to safely overtake. This issue isn’t going away and with more vehicles than ever on the roads, its only going to get worse. WERE you there, taking in the Macclesfield town centre lights switch-on? It was great to see so many families and friends coming together to start our Christmas celebrations.

To those of you who joined us, a very big thank you, to those of you who didn’t, well you missed out this year, but try to ensure that you come along next year.

Your Town Council is trying so hard to promote and improve Macclesfield, be it my promise as Mayor in 2015 to enhance the floral beauty of the town, to engaging with CEC to regenerate and improve the town centre.

It is all too easy to just sit back and moan that nothing ever gets done, but without input and support, nothing ever will. In Macclesfield we are lucky enough to have a committed Town Council, which most of the time works together, not along party lines, but for the benefit of the town, which was why I was saddened to see a political element invade our Family Christmas event by handing out leaflets to the gathering crowds.

I want to finish by especially thanking our hard working town hall team, Pete, Harriet and Helena, as well as our Mayor, Father Christmas and those councillors who helped to make the day go so well, but mostly my thanks must go to all of you who came along to swell the throng and show support. If we continue to pull together, we will be able to make Macclesfield great.

I would like to finish, by wishing you all, whatever your beliefs, a happy and peaceful Christmas, and I look forward to seeing some of you at one of the many Christmas events over the next few weeks.