I have no idea what those people are on about. The landlord and landlady of The Drive are the nicest people you could meet, they greet you with a smile and a hello.

We are writing in answer to letters published in last week’s Herald newspaper.

I shall long remember the afternoon of May 31 although not for the right reasons.

As Chairman of the Eastbourne and Lewes Branch of the NSPCC, I would like to thank everyone involved in the recent Eastbourne Sports Festival.

It would be churlish not to express satisfaction at the council’s decision finally to commence work on the Congress Theatre.

As an Eastbourne ex-pat I was looking forward to a holiday by the seaside.

gIn the Herald coverage of Gordon Rideout he is referred to as a ‘priest’

As the last pre-war Eastbourne County Borough Police Officer I note with considerable regret in the Herald of May 24, the intended closure of the Police Station in Grove Road.

I loved and respected disgraced priest Gordon Rideout at All Saints Church and probably still will.

The Liberal Democrats’ party policy is a 2030 target for clean energy, so I should very much hope that Stephen Lloyd, our MP, is promoting this issue.

During National Volunteer Week (June 1-7) Epilepsy Society would like to pay tribute to the unsung heroes everywhere who give so much of their time to help others.

Did you serve with 152(Hyderabad) Squadron at any time between 1940 – 1967, or did your father or grandfather serve with them?

After the depressing winter we have all endured, on the few occasions when it is warm and dry it is pleasant to be out and about in the garden.

Lark in the Park Charitable Trust would like to thank the Mayor and Mayoress of Eastbourne Mike and Linda Thompson for selecting Lark in the Park their charity for 2012-2013.

Is this the new face of banking? If you happened to call in at Lloyds Bank, Polegate, on Tuesday morning May 21, you would have been invited for tea and cake with the bank manager!

After several decades of reading the local paper I now intend to give it up.

Yet another price increase, something which none of us like, this time in the cost of our local weekly newspapers. Do the local media provide value for money?

Some years ago Annette Sargeant said to the people of Eastbourne that all the Hospital doctors, and most GPs were happy with the closure of All Saints Hospital.

Have Eastbourne’s planning officials and councillors got a death wish for our town?

Your ‘Out In the Field’ (“Time for Diocese to answer questions”, May 24) about no one in the church hierarchy being held to account for their lack of action or condemnation, during a period of almost forty years, over the disgraceful activities of jailed priest Gordon Rideout, is a plea destined to fall on deaf ears.