I have been fortunate, through my work, to have visited both Tanzania and Kenya this year. Both are fascinating countries, with impressive economic growth alongside real poverty and decades of under-investment in the roads, schools and healthcare.

Members of the Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group certainly aren’t anonymous’ (‘Who are the members?’ Gazette May 7).

The Mid-Sussex and Eastbourne Branch of the RSPCA wish to thank all visitors to their information stall and fundraising tombola in the Arndale Centre on Saturday, May 4 for RSPCA Week. £307 was raised in total.

I write in response to Peter Parfitt-Kings letter published in the Gazette on Wednesday May 7. It is clear that he does not understand the purpose or function of the MP’s Commission. It was certainly not formed to get Stephen Lloyd MP elected as it wasn’t formed until after that had happened! Its function is to bring like-minded individuals in the town together to go that little bit extra and give the people of the town what they would like to see. Successes have been the Town Team led by Lucy Newport and the efforts they have gone to in improving the retail image of Eastbourne. The street market led by Tim Tradewell, which has provided us with a much-wanted boost to trade. The Carnival made a welcome return after 15 years of absence. On a more practical level the Transport Group managed to convince Southern Rail of the need for a weekly parking ticket at the railway station and they duly obliged. This is just a scratching of the surface of what the Eastbourne Commission has achieved. The members of the MPs’ Commission are all volunteers and some are known to be voters for candidates other than Stephen Lloyd when it comes to political persuasion! The town is keeping its head up despite the economic climate because members of the community engage in such voluntary activities - look at the work of not only the MPs’ Commission but voluntary groups such as Round Table, Rotary, Lions, various cause specific charities of which there are many and so on. Don’t moan about it mate - get up off your backside and be part of it because it’s what is keeping Eastbourne a great place to live.

I wished to write and congratulate Regia Anglorum and the Eastbourne Heritage Service for the excellent Saxon living history event held at Gildredge Park over the May Bank Holiday.

The majority of the disabled parking in Orchard Road have recently been removed – they were very well placed for visiting the library.

If you did not get to Gildredge Park over the Bank Holiday weekend then you missed a treat. To promote Eastbourne Ancestors, the Museum Service, with the enactment group Regia Angolorum, created a tented Saxon village at the tennis court end of the park. The Saxons, all dressed authentically, showed various activities, including wood carving, net making, embroidery, weaving and cookery. There were also warriors practising their skills and a full armed battle to round things off.

When a wealthy Eastbourne hotelier decided to open a children’s nursery on Royal Parade the county council had a bollard crossing built in the centre of the road within a matter of weeks.

What a shame it is to see that our lovely town, has now degenerated into a third class town, a pale shadow of its former self, particularly at a time when our near neighbours – Hastings with their so positive and pro-active attitude are enjoying a revival of fortunes.

Will any company put on a direct bus service from Eastbourne to the Conquest Hospital for those of us who do not drive.

It may be old hat but cycling is once again making national headlines yet in Eastbourne we see little or no forward thinking actions being taken regarding cycling in as many places as possible without the noxious fumes and physical presence of the motor vehicle.

How many more times is the Herald going to waste space on the letters page to people who moan about the King Edwards Parade “cycle path” (last week - C Evans) but are on the face of it, are ignorant on what the County Council has constructed. Let’s say it for the last time, the pavement has been deemed “Shared Usage”, as denoted by the signs which C Evans obviously failed to see. Cyclists don’t cycle in the criss-cross marked area, this is to ensure cars park further into the road so if a car door is opened on the pavement side, the door would not hit the cyclist.

When are the local council going to provide good, clean, free, well-signposted toilets along the seafront promenade?

Your readers have been very, very good with their responses, but can they go that extra mile and do something really... well, shall we say ‘special, memorable and sympathetic’?

Mr Lloyd was elected with a fanfare of opportunity, via his MP’s Commission.

Now the business of providing the NHS services is in the hands of Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), it perhaps would be appropriate for everyone to know who the members are.

Many readers can’t have failed to have seen the many glowing articles about the Facebook group Gone but not Forgotten – Eastbourne’s Vanished Shops.

George Farebrother (Gazette April 30) reminds us that all British prime ministers have reserved the options of using nuclear weapons.

I would like to comment on the so-called “cycle path” alongside King Edward’s Parade. There are no signs indicating it is a cycle lane. Because of this cars disregard it and park overlapping the kerb, leaving too little or no room for a cyclist to escape pot holes or drain covers, and if riding on the pavement, to avoid lamp posts and car wing mirrors. It is a complete failure and a total waste of money. On a positive side I would like to commend the gardening team on the excellent job they have done in tidying up the overhanging bushes. I had not been up that way for some time, and was very impressed.

Please, theatres department, do not stage straight plays in the Congress Theatre .