I WOULD like to enlighten the people of Earlestown and Newton-le-Willows about how they are going to become a second Haydock.

You are about to become the second biggest housing development area with some six hundred and odd houses. Well before you become Haydock No2... tell the developers as a sign of good faith you would like the amenities built first.

If they mean what they say then it will be no problem, if not you end up like us in Haydock.

The tip is in Newton-le-Willows so don't fall for the same claptrap as us, get a grip on the situation before you are left the same as Haydock, leave it with us, is all we've got over the years.

I'm still asking questions in the council to find out what happened to the funding for a sports centre, swimming baths, tennis courts and running tracks 20-years on.

STAN Roberts, Wharmby Road, Haydock.