WE asked for your views and examples of Huddersfield town centre eyesores - and we got them by the bucketload.
Letters, phone calls and website entries have poured in since we highlighted the issues in our Clean Up The Town campaign, launched yesterday.
We urged people to take more pride in Huddersfield and stop dropping litter and scrawling graffiti.
We also asked Kirklees Council to tackle the problem and put more money into improving the town's green spaces.
The responses show that many readers feel the same.
They have named the grot spots that need tackling and given views on what should be done.
David Hardy, of Honley, said the Queensgate Market car park was disgusting.
He suggested that litter wardens work at night, after pubs close, and councillors are each allocated a section of the town centre and their names advertised to the public.
Mr Hardy said educating children in schools about litter and graffiti and sending them litter-picking would also help.
He also feels a phone hotline for people and businesses to report litter louts should be set up, coupled with rewards from local businesses for reporting offenders.
He added: "Residents of Huddersfield are ashamed of the town centre. Businesses will gain as soon as Huddersfield becomes clean and graffiti free."
Page 2 - More people have their say - and you get your chance to name a scruffy spot in the town centre that annoys YOU.
Eileen Marchant said Market Place was particularly grotty and dull.
She said: "At whatever time of day I walk through the town, I am faced with filth and litter. Potentially Huddersfield is a beautiful town, but I am ashamed of the appalling mess that is to be found on every street and precinct."
On the subject of litter and abandoned takeaway cartons, she said: "We must have the best-fed vermin in the country.
She added that Kirklees Council should take tips from other European countries on cleanliness. She proposed that Kirklees should fine litter louts heavily and introduce a tax on plastic carriers, takeaway cartons and cans - as in Ireland - to discourage the "throw-away" culture.
Other grot spots named included Huddersfield bus station, with its overflowing bins, and the public path behind Tesco, which one reader said was an "absolute disgrace".
Philip Wootton, who works at Huddersfield Technical College, said the subway from the town centre to the college campus was covered in graffiti, despite being cleaned six months ago.
He said: "It doesn't reflect well on the town centre or the Tech. Anybody who uses it to come here must wince."
A Halifax man urged people not to blame students or the younger generation for all the problems.
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