Letters
We don’t want to lose these events
I FEEL the view expressed by Mr Roscoe (Letters, May 10) needs to be challenged, despite his aversion to ‘ping pong’.
1 commentA shame if town lost this bar
REGARDING the objections to the JD Bar becoming a lap-dancing club, while I have no wish to see such a club in town, I cannot help but feel for the current owners.
1 commentA great way to herald summer
MAY I thank the people of Hastings for their support and participation in this year’s Hastings Traditional Jack-in-the-Green.
Haven’t we had enough of spin?
THANK you for your editorial regarding Ms Amber Rudd’s interview with the FT saying that our MP should ‘talk up’ the Hastings image, a phrase which under Mr Blair used to be called ‘spin’ (Observer, May 3).
2 commentsCouncil has given up on tourism
ONCE again, your readers have lost sight of the council’s vision of the future for Hastings.
9 commentsRitual spoiled by small stage
THE May Day ritual was sadly diminished by its performance in a small cordoned off space, thronged by clamorous camera wavers.
Disgust over rise in parking charges
I WAS absolutely disgusted upon visiting the country park to see that within 15 months the council has doubled the car parking fee.
MP working on a real problem
AS someone who lives and works in Central St Leonards I am writing to respond to the criticism levied at our MP Amber Rudd for referring to the out of town drug dealers in our area.
3 commentsPromenade chaos beggared belief
I DO not doubt the good intentions behind the five-mile race on Sunday (May 12) but the organization and management of this event was both stupid and dangerous.
4 commentsAmount given to charity was wrong
WHILE I do not wish to engage in correspondence ‘ping pong’ with Mr Smith I feel he has missed the point of my letter.
1 commentWhat was so revealing about MP?
I REFER to your attack on our town’s MP following the article by Elizabeth Rigby published in the Financial Times last week.
10 commentsGet noticed - send a Tweet instead!
TWITTER it would seem is a far more direct way to get complaints heard and almost get something done.
7 commentsMay Day bikers say thank you, Hastings
THE May Day biker event in Hastings this year attracted an estimated 32,000 motorcycles and became one of the biggest free to attend motorcycle events in Europe.
What a strange election campaign
FOR me, it was certainly been a strange county council election campaign.
How politics has changed so much
THAT a great servant of the borough, Pam Brown, and I are no longer on speaking terms as a result of the disintegration of the Lib Dems is the saddest memory I shall take away from Hastings when I move this week.
1 commentWe will minimise the impact of cuts
I WONDER whether you would allow me take the opportunity to thank residents in the Hollington and Wishing Tree area who came out to support me again recently in the East Sussex County Council Elections.
9 commentsWildlife area has been destroyed
CAN anyone tell me why the enclosed area at the back of the pond in St Leonards Gardens has been pointlessly cut down?
3 commentsCentralisation is a waste of money
I WOULD like to add my protest to those of Leon Tuppen and Councillor Andrew Gurney, regarding combining the information centre with the benefit claimants.
1 commentWrong image is being portrayed
I READ with interest that Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has decided to move the previously award winning Hastings Information Centre from the town hall to Aquila House.
11 commentsWhy can’t we work together?
AS AN ordinary person with an ordinary brain living in the area, may I offer these thoughts:
Surprise over shut gallery
AS a purely amateur fan of the arts, I decided to combine a trip to Hastings on Friday to see The Pretty Things with a visit to the Jerwood Gallery which has acquired iconic status in the south east almost akin to the Turner Gallery in Margate.
8 commentsWhere are all the candidates?
I WRITE with reference the local elections and the candidates - or lack of them.
3 commentsTown at risk of missing target
A LETTER published on April 5 raises some important points about bathing water quality in the Hastings area.
1 commentFree events have to be paid for
SADLY, Mr Rosco (Letters, April 26) is misinformed. The request for event sponsorship was not made to Hastings Borough Council but to the Foreshore Trust which is an entirely separate entity.
Gardens have huge potential
IT’S good for the skate-boarders in town that there’ll be a second facility for them in White Rock Gardens (Extension to skatepark is given go-ahead,’ Observer, April 26). The accompanying photograph however was out of date: there’s no graffiti.
A rough deal for road users
IT is interesting that East Sussex Highways is responsible for using our money to repair and maintain the roads.
11 commentsDesigns on the history of college
I AM researching the history of the Training College and School at the Convent of the Holy Child, St Leonards.
Go the distance to beat terrorists
WHAT a bad couple of days the other week for all organisers of public events, not just marathons.
Council in good decision shocker
I CANNOT be the only reader to realise that the sums for the free beach concert do not add up.
Welcome to Mugsborough
IF Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill together become the City of Culture, perhaps the trio of towns should have a new all-embracing name?
4 commentsFigures distort the real picture
I READ a recent editorial of yours which appeared to support the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings, and claimed extraordinary visitor numbers to the gallery of 65,000 in a year.
17 commentsA road paved with good intentions
THE Hastings Bexhill Link Road was to be built in conjunction with the Hastings bypass, as the plans were drawn up in the 1970s.
1 commentThatcher left us with some taboos
WHILE I in no way condone the celebration of the passing of Baroness Thatcher, I do feel that the need for such a grand funeral was unnecessary.
Disastrous loss of DIY superstore
IT would be a disaster to rival the Titanic or the pier fire.
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