Angry residents are bracing themselves for a ''nightmare'' day of disruption when Bingley Show moves to a venue on their doorstep.

People in Wagon Lane and Aire View Avenue - which will provide an access route into the showground for exhibit traffic - fear ''horrendous'' traffic and parking problems will leave them having to put their lives on hold for a day.

But a publican says the decision to move the historic show from its traditional Myrtle Park home after more than a century - revealed by the Telegraph & Argus yesterday - for a trial run on Bradford & Bingley Rugby Club's ground on Wednesday, August 9 will boost business.

Valerie Chivers, of Wagon Lane, said: "I think it's atrocious - we have enough traffic and parking problems already with car boot sales at the school and this will just be horrendous."

Neighbour, Michael Pearson said: "It's a one year trial but that's one too many - it's going to be totally disruptive with all the traffic and I can't see it being anything but an absolute nightmare."

Another Wagon Lane resident, Molly O'Hanlon, said: "It's a sad end to the tradition of having it in the park which I would have thought was a better place.

"The show really puts Bingley on the map but moving it out here might mean fewer people going into the town itself to use the shops and restaurants.

"But I don't want to spoil anyone's fun and have no objections, not when it's only once a year although if it was every week I wouldn't be very happy.''

Rachel Sutcliffe, of Wagon Lane, said: "All the roads round the park are full of cars on show day so I think parking will be a problem. It will be quite disruptive.''

In Aire View Avenue, a nearby private road, residents have been sent letters by Bingley Show explaining that it will be used as an access route for ''lighter vehicles carrying small exhibits'', pledging to keep disruption to a minimum and promising to forward a complimentary family ticket.

But resident Connie Scott said she was not interested in a free ticket, adding: "I'm disgusted that we weren't consulted about this first.

"We bought these houses so we could live in a nice quiet part of Bingley not so we could be bothered by lots of busy traffic even if it is only for one day.

A neighbour, Chris Asquith, said: "I don't mind at all but the road's in a terrible state already and all that extra traffic will make the potholes even worse. We're planning to pay for some repairs ourselves and might ask the show to make a contribution.''

Bob Halliday, landlord of The Fisherman's Inn at nearby Dowley Gap, said: "It's great news for us and there will certainly be an increase in trade - we'll have to have extra staff on that day and might even set up the barbecue to serve bacon sandwiches in the morning. There'll be a traffic bottleneck down here with the single bridge but parking can easily be controlled with cones.''

Show vice chairman Bill Hinchliffe said: "I'd be a fool to say there won't be any disruption and there will be a fair bit of traffic in the area.

"But we hope people will go along with it - we'll minimise any incovnenience as much as we can and with respect it's only for one day.

"We've still got to finalise the details with the police but there will be somone directing traffic and I'd assume Wagon Lane would be made no parking.

"We'd been scouting around for a new site for years and had we not found the sports club the show might well have folded so we had to move quickly when it was suggested."

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