I LIVED through the 1950 and 60s, witnessing the radical cuts to rail services.

Wind the clock on 50 years, the country is now desperately trying to reopen these services.

Because, due to the prosperity of modern times, everyone now owns if not one car possibly two or three. As a consequence, Our roads are now jam packed and the public are looking for alternative means of commuting.

On Saturday night at 22.49, along with a group of friends, we stood at the bus stop at Appleton Village Hall to catch the last bus service home.

But for anyone living in Stretton, Hatton and London Road there was none.

I had spoken to a Mr Nuttal at NetworkWarrington the previous week after hearing rumours of the cuts and tried in vain to explain to him that we rely on this service.

I also asked him to consider instead of terminating the last bus at Appleton Thorn why not run it to the Cat and Lion and return via London Road. The reply was 'it would cost too much', a distance of one extra mile.

In the past few years all services south of Stockton Heath have bore the brunt of most of the cuts. The service is far from satisfactory, with very few bus shelters with no information despite the amount of new properties having been built and yet more on the plans.

Instead of standing in front of TV cameras telling the world how well Warrington has done despite the present government, the councillors and politicians should be thinking of the taxpayers of the town and their welfare.

PATRICK MULLEE Stockton Heath