OUT IN THE FIELD: Litter strewn verges are an eyesore
A couple of years back I was up north for a work event and the one thing that struck me as we drove along the roads was the amount of litter and debris strewn along the grass verges. I said to my colleague at the time that we didn’t have that problem “down south”. Sadly, that isn’t true anymore and many of the roads’ verges are littered with rubbish. Now a group of volunteers are doing something about it and the Litter Warriors have already made their mark collecting up litter – eight large bags of plastic, glass and paper – along a 600 metre stretch of the A259 between Seaford and the River Cuckmere in just one hour. They next plan to tackle the A26 and A27 and make these roads litter-free zones. One particularly bad area is the road between Pevensey and Westham Railway Station and the roundabout with Priory Road. The hedges are strewn with litter and it isn’t helped by a certain waste management company in the area whose lorries frequently leave the industrial estate with loads not secure and tonnes of shredded paper ends up all over the road, on the verges and in people’s gardens. The Litter Warriors campaign is called On The Verge and details are on Facebook for those wanting to join in and make a difference.
Just one person dominates the birthday shout out this week and that is the lovely Eve Riddington from Northbourne Road, who celebrated 80 years young last weekend. Eve has been a resident of St Andrew Norway, as it was known, for much of her life. Her late husband Tony was a Labour Party stalwart and there isn’t much about the area’s history that Eve doesn’t know. So a very happy belated 80th birthday.