No longer would we be able to participate in a Victorian classroom, see the seaside donkeys, or visit the old Park hotel bar!
How disappointing also to see the once immaculately-kept lawn and garden areas around the attraction now looking so neglected and shabby.
Come on Wigan – planning for the future is great but let's preserve our history!
A loyal Wiganer, via email

Benefits for the Disabled
There are around 2,100 disabled children living in Wigan, and most are cared for at home by a family member.
These families face enormous financial challenges with more than half living in poverty. Despite this, many families are not claiming the benefits they are entitled to.
For those claiming, it's crucial to get regular advice to maximise income, as changes in benefit rules or family circumstances can have an impact.
From October 27 2008 Incapacity Benefit and income support for people with health problems will be replaced by Employment Support Allowance.
Families with a disabled teenager born before October 27 1992 have a choice – they can either claim the existing benefits now or wait and claim ESA at a later date. Some will be worse off on the new ESA depending on individual circumstances. It is important families get advice now to find out how it will affect them.
Contact a Family, the national charity that supports families of disabled children has a national freephone helpline – 0808 808 3555 – staffed by benefits experts and trained parent advisers. We would urge families with a disabled child to telephone the Contact a Family helpline to make sure they are getting every penny they are entitled to.
Srabani Sen
Chief Executive, Contact a Family
209 City Road, London, EC1V 1JN

UKIP 'peddling nonsense'
I keep reading in newspapers that UKIP maintain that post office closures are down to EU Directive 88/89 of the Treaty of Amsterdam
This is absolute nonsense.
Post office closures have nothing to do with the EU but are down to member states, so therefore, if there is to be any criticsm, then this must be directed at their own Government.
The real reason for these post office closures has to do with people using the internet more and the withdrawal of services, such as road tax, TV licences all being done on line and the fact that pensions and benefits are paid directly into bank accounts.
All that has more to do with post office closures and as I say, has absolutely nothing to do with the EU and as usual this is just UKIP peddling anti-European criticism all of which have no semblence of truth.
Brian Simpson
Labour MEP North West

Tell you what i want . . .
Spice Girl Geri Halliwell says: "Being a public person, there are certain things I have to do to ensure my daughter Bluebell's privacy".
Splashing her most precious moments over the cover and 18 pages of Hello! is clearly not one of them.
Geri adds: "Bluebell has enriched my life beyond measure".
How true!
Darryl Ashton, address supplied