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I READ with interest the article written by Lucy Ewing regarding the supermarket paying to lift the covenant on the land of the new cricket club, ("Payment saves plan for £7.5m store at cricket ground", May 5).
One or two things spring to mind. Surely this £1m belongs to the recreation clubs sited in Westhoughton, however the article says that this money will go into the council's "capital receipts pot" and be invested across the borough. Why? What is this to do with any other district than Westhoughton?
This seems to me to be taking advantage of using this money for other parts of the town, thus depriving the cricket club and the people of Westhoughton of the right to choose to spend it in the way this small town thinks it should be spent - even if it means asking the local population.
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A council spokesman said "This is a positive development for Westhoughton". It goes on to say: "there will be significant improvements for the cricket club and the junior rugby league club which will benefit from improved facilities".
May I point out that cricket is a bat and ball game, and so are the several ladies rounders teams who play at the cricket club, and they must not be left out. Rounders has been played on this ground for over 30 year's and the improved facilities must mean that the girls and ladies also have adequate changing rooms and so on. The cricket club is not for the sole use of the male population only.
I applaud that a covenant will be placed on the new club to protect from future development. Fine - but hopefully this will not be easily overturned.
I should appreciate it if the councillors involved in processing this changeover would please answer some of the questions posed.
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